Linux Kernel caiaq USB Drivers Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

  • Published: 7 Mar 2011

Linux Kernel caiaq USB Drivers Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

CVE-2011-0712

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Type

  • Linux Kernel caiaq USB Drivers Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Severity

  • High

Affected products

  • Linux Kernel - caiaq USB drivers

Date

  • 2011-03-07

CVE Reference

  • CVE-2011-0712

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A buffer overflow vulnerability in the caiaq USB drivers was identified. These dirvers are in the kernel tree and installed by default in most Linux distributions. This vulnerability could be exploited in order to execute arbitrary code by an attacker with physical access to the system.