CVE-2016-3139 EXPLOIT
4.6
MEDIUM · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 1.8% (pctl 78)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.6 (MEDIUM, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| EPSS | 1.79% — more likely to be exploited than 78% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2016-04-27 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (9)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| linux | linux kernel |
| novell | suse linux enterprise debuginfo |
| novell | suse linux enterprise desktop |
| novell | suse linux enterprise live patching |
| novell | suse linux enterprise module for public cloud |
| novell | suse linux enterprise real time extension |
| novell | suse linux enterprise server |
| novell | suse linux enterprise software development kit |
| novell | suse linux enterprise workstation extension |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Linux Kernel 3.10.0 (CentOS / RHEL 7.1) - 'Wacom' Multiple Nullpointer Dereferences | 2016-03-09 |
References
- 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/
- 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
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