What is CVE-2016-3139?

CVE-2016-3139 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2016-04-27.

How severe is CVE-2016-3139?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2016-3139

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.

Published 2016-04-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.018 (78.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 78th percentile — 78.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.018 · change: +0.002

Affected products

Linux Kernel
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo — versions 11.0
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop — versions 12.0
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching — versions 12.0
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Module For Public Cloud — versions 12.0
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension — versions 11.0, 12.0
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server — versions 11.0, 12.0
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit — versions 11.0, 12.0
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension — versions 12.0

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-3139?: CVE-2016-3139 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2016-04-27.
How severe is CVE-2016-3139?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.