CVE-2016-2187

—

CVSS 3.0

4.6 medium

EPSS

<1%p46

Published

May 2, 2016 (May 2, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: canonical linux novell
Products: ubuntu linux, linux kernel, suse linux enterprise software development kit, suse linux enterprise debuginfo, suse linux enterprise server
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.6%)

In the news0 stories

No ingested article mentions this CVE yet.