CVE-2017-16643

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Published 2017-11-07 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
6.6
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.2
VIR risk
6.6

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
65%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16643

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16643.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a50829479f58416a013a4ccca791336af3c584c7

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.11

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed4.9.60-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed4.13.13-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.13.13-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.13.13-1
debian debiansidfixed4.13.13-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.13.13-1
linux linux-kernelaffected

References

CWEs

CWE-125

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.