CVE-2016-3139

Summary

CVECVE-2016-3139
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-04-27 17:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:32:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11.0 sp4 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11.0 sp4 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12.0 All All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12.0 All All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12.0 All All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12.0 All All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Module For Public Cloud 12.0 All All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Module For Public Cloud 12.0 All All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 11.0 sp4 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12.0 sp1 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 11.0 sp4 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12.0 sp1 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11.0 extra All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11.0 sp4 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.0 All All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11.0 extra All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11.0 sp4 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.0 All All All
Application Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11.0 sp4 All All
Application Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12.0 All All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11.0 sp4 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12.0 All All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11.0 sp4 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12.0 All All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12.0 All All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1019-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Input: wacom - move the USB (now hid) Wacom driver in drivers/hid · torvalds/linux@471d171 · GitHub github.com
1316993 – (CVE-2016-3139) CVE-2016-3139 kernel: Crash on invalid USB device descriptors (wacom driver) CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1707-1: important: Security update for lists.opensuse.org
CVE-2016-3139 CONFIRM security-tracker.debian.org Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Linux Kernel 3.10.0 (CentOS / RHEL 7.1) - 'Wacom' Multiple Nullpointer Dereferences - Linux dos Exploit www.exploit-db.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1672-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:2074-1: important: Security update for lists.opensuse.org
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree git.kernel.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1764-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Bug 1283375 – CVE-2016-3139 Local RedHat Enterprise Linux DoS – RHEL 7.1 Kernel crashes on invalid USB device descriptors (wacom driver) [local-DoS] bugzilla.redhat.com
Bug 1283377 – CVE-2016-3139 Local RedHat Enterprise Linux DoS – RHEL 7.1 Kernel crashes on invalid USB device descriptors (wacom driver) [local-DoS] Bug2 CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1690-1: important: Security update for lists.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 671064 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-2599)
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