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CVE-2019-13631

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-07-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

In parse_hid_report_descriptor in drivers/input/tablet/gtco.c in the Linux kernel through 5.2.1, a malicious USB device can send an HID report that triggers an out-of-bounds write during generation of debugging messages.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: through 5.2.1

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00055.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00056.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154059/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109291
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00016.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00017.html
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KQ5BQKTI24DPSVKPOIMMGDTFKCF6ASXT/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TUXTJSLIQBOJTQDMTUQTQKUWWAJLFVEY/
• https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11040813/
• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/13
• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/18
• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/26

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