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CVE-2017-16643

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.6 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-11-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: 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 products

• Linux kernel: through 4.13.11

References

• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.11
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101769
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a50829479f58416a013a4ccca791336af3c584c7
• https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/McWFcOsA47Y/3bjtBBgaBAAJ
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.11
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101769
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a50829479f58416a013a4ccca791336af3c584c7
• https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/McWFcOsA47Y/3bjtBBgaBAAJ
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/

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