Pinch Zoom is enabled – If you’re encountering the issue on a laptop and you’re using a Synaptics driver, chances are you’re encountering this behavior due to a touchpad feature called Pinch to Zoom.
If it is, the only fixes are to either unstuck the key or to replace your keyboard with a new one.
If this scenario is applicable, you should use the On-Screen Keyboard to investigate if the Ctrl key is indeed stuck.
Physically Stuck Ctrl key – In the vast majority of cases we ended up analyzing, this particular issue occurred due to a Ctrl key that was physically stuck and was causing this behavior in every single application.