CVE-2016-3139

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    CVE-2016-3139

    Published: 27 Apr 2016Last Modified: 1 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00019.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=471d17148c8b4174ac5f5283a73316d12c4379bc, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html, https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3139, https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39538/, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1283377, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1283375, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1316993, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/471d17148c8b4174ac5f5283a73316d12c4379bc

    Affected packages

    Package

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -bfe01a5ba2490f299e1d2d5508cbbbadd897bbe9

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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