Multiple Array Index Errors in HID Multitouch Driver in Linux Kernel

CVE-2013-2897 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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.

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