CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-16643
6.6 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-11-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 6.6 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125
Description
The parse_hid_report_descriptor function in drivers/input/tablet/gtco.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (<= 4.13.11)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read weakness
References
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.11 Release Notes
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101769 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a50829479f58416a013a4ccca791336af3c584c7 Patch
- https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/McWFcOsA47Y/3bjtBBgaBAAJ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html lists.debian.org
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/ usn.ubuntu.com
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.11 Release Notes
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101769 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a50829479f58416a013a4ccca791336af3c584c7 Patch
- https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/McWFcOsA47Y/3bjtBBgaBAAJ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html lists.debian.org
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/ usn.ubuntu.com