CVE-2016-2187 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2016-2187?

CVE-2016-2187 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 2 May 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2187?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Linux kernel, Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo, Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server, Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit.

How do I fix CVE-2016-2187?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2016-2187 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2187 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2187, GHSA-jvr2-gxmf-hh6m, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2187.