CVE-2016-3139
Moderate
CVE-2016-3139
The wacom_probe function in drivers/input/tablet/wacom_sys.c in the Linux kernel before 3.17 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor.
Exploit probability
1.8%
Published
April 27, 2016
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 1, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2016-3139
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The wacom_probe function in drivers/input/tablet/wacom_sys.c in the Linux kernel before 3.17 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=471d17148c8b4174ac5f5283a73316d12c4379bc
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00019.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1283375
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1283377
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1316993
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/471d17148c8b4174ac5f5283a73316d12c4379bc
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3139
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39538/