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CVE-2024-53104

Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability

KEVHIGH 7.8EPSS 3.40%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 26 February 2025). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: uvcvideo: Skip parsing frames of type UVC_VS_UNDEFINED in uvc_parse_format This can lead to out of bounds writes since frames of this type were not taken into account when calculating the size of the frames buffer in uvc_parse_streaming.

CVSS 3.1
7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
3.40% probability · 88th percentile
CISA KEV
Listed 5 February 2025 · due 26 February 2025
Weakness
CWE-787
Affected
debian/debian linux · linux/linux kernel
Source
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

CISA notes

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. This vulnerability affects a common open-source component, third-party library, or a protocol used by different products. For more information, please see: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024120232-CVE-2024-53104-d781@gregkh/ ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53104

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.