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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-2187

The gtco_probe function in drivers/input/tablet/gtco.c in the Linux kernel through 4.5.2 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…

MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 0.59%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.59%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The gtco_probe function in drivers/input/tablet/gtco.c in the Linux kernel through 4.5.2 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.

CVSS 3.0
4.6 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.59% probability · 46th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
canonical/ubuntu linux · linux/linux kernel · novell/suse linux enterprise software development kit · novell/suse linux enterprise debuginfo · novell/suse linux enterprise server
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.