{"id":"CVE-2024-53104","published":"2024-12-02T08:15:08Z","modified":"2026-06-17T08:08:17Z","title":"Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability","vendor":"Linux","product":"Kernel","tier":"core","eol":null,"description":{"text":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmedia: uvcvideo: Skip parsing frames of type UVC_VS_UNDEFINED in uvc_parse_format\n\nThis can lead to out of bounds writes since frames of this type were not\ntaken into account when calculating the size of the frames buffer in\nuvc_parse_streaming.","provenance":"source","from":"NVD"},"summary":{"text":"The Linux kernel's uvcvideo media driver mishandles frames of type UVC_VS_UNDEFINED during format parsing in uvc_parse_format, because those frames are left out of the frame buffer size calculation in uvc_parse_streaming, which can result in out-of-bounds writes. Exploitation depends on the attacker having local access with low privileges and no user interaction is needed.","provenance":"ai","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","generatedAt":"2026-10-23T07:14:09Z"},"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","provenance":"source","from":"NVD"},"epss":{"score":0.03395,"percentile":0.88792,"date":"2026-10-29","provenance":"source"},"kev":{"dateAdded":"2025-02-05","dueDate":"2025-02-26","ransomware":false,"requiredAction":"Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.","notes":"This vulnerability affects a common open-source component, third-party library, or a protocol used by different products. 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