Multiple array index errors in drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c in the Human Interface Device (HID) subsystem in the Linux kernel through…

Description

Multiple array index errors in drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c in the Human Interface Device (HID) subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.11, when CONFIG_HID_MULTITOUCH is enabled, allow physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption, or NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a crafted device.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.44% · top 62% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.7.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (17)

• USN-2015-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-2024-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.54 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 62044 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• [linux-input] 20130828 [PATCH 11/14] HID: multitouch: validate feature report details (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• USN-2039-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-2022-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20130828 Linux HID security flaws (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• USN-2016-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-2038-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-2020-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-2021-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2015:0481 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2015:0566 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• USN-2019-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-2023-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-2050-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 15:52 UTC.