What is CVE-2016-3139?

CVE-2016-3139 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.6 out of 10. CVE-2016-3139 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2016-3139?

CVE-2016-3139 has a CVSS score of 4.6 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2016-3139?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2016-3139. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2016-3139 actively exploited?

CVE-2016-3139 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2016-3139

Medium

The wacom_probe function in drivers/input/tablet/wacom_sys.c in the Linux kernel before 3.17 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.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2016-04-27

Last modified 2026-05-06

CVSS version 3.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.0 score

4.6

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Physical

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2016-3139 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00019.html
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1283375
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1283377
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1316993
Debian Security
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3139
Exploit-DB
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39538/
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=471d17148c8b4174ac5f5283a73316d12c4379bc
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/471d17148c8b4174ac5f5283a73316d12c4379bc
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2016-3139

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.6 / 10

CVSS version 3.0

Published 2016-04-27

Modified 2026-05-06

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-3139?

CVE-2016-3139 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.6 out of 10 . CVE-2016-3139 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2016-3139?

CVE-2016-3139 has a CVSS score of 4.6 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.0). The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2016-3139?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2016-3139. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2016-3139 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2016-3139 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.