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CVE-2023-53437media: uvcvideo: Handle cameras with invalid descriptors
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.15%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 96% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: uvcvideo: Handle cameras with invalid descriptors If the source entity does not contain any pads, do not create a link.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.15% · top 96% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
- affected 6d30cf81ee3c0368175f76c03120af5d81e0c639 – < c8f4a424af5879baefb0fb8a8a09b09ea1779483
- affected b4759a52b8940dbbfc565c918a3893ecaeb5b134 – < 2914259fcea23971c6fed8b2618d3a729a78c365
- affected aa1362606059ade437a901fe7c33b24901683c14 – < 4e4e6ca62e77539d4df8d13137e2683b10baddd9
- affected cc52ed14f5ca849ef81e6a6bc4beea6dc43514d0 – < d8aa2e1ae6426d7cbddf1735aed1a63ddf0e6909
- affected 7532dad6634031d083df7af606fac655b8d08b5c – < 31a8d11d28b57656cebfbd4c0b8b76f6ad5b017d
- affected 7532dad6634031d083df7af606fac655b8d08b5c – < 11196ee3916e50a5da3c1e6ecda19a02dca14ba3
- affected 7532dad6634031d083df7af606fac655b8d08b5c – < 1a76cfc388cf105d3e04ac592670a52a3864b1ba
- affected 7532dad6634031d083df7af606fac655b8d08b5c – < 41ddb251c68ac75c101d3a50a68c4629c9055e4c
- affected 9bf5da0d0fcca080b2254a30fa4b8ed47a96a0d0
- affected d920b0940a0b2c0671e5a69ed3b3fe3a3a50b970
- affected b950d6d8f4d7c78c9e5d08b61a66387c0b61f924
- affected 4.14.224 – < 4.14.308
- affected 4.19.179 – < 4.19.276
- affected 5.4.103 – < 5.4.235
- affected 5.10.21 – < 5.10.173
- affected 4.4.260 – < 4.5
- affected 4.9.260 – < 4.10
- affected 5.11.4 – < 5.12
- affected 5.12
- unaffected < 5.12
- unaffected 4.14.308 – ≤ 4.14.*
- unaffected 4.19.276 – ≤ 4.19.*
- unaffected 5.4.235 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.173 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.100 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.18 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.2.5 – ≤ 6.2.*
- unaffected 6.3 – ≤ *
References
References8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8f4a424af5879baefb0fb8a8a09b09ea1779483 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2914259fcea23971c6fed8b2618d3a729a78c365 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e4e6ca62e77539d4df8d13137e2683b10baddd9 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8aa2e1ae6426d7cbddf1735aed1a63ddf0e6909 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31a8d11d28b57656cebfbd4c0b8b76f6ad5b017d (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11196ee3916e50a5da3c1e6ecda19a02dca14ba3 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a76cfc388cf105d3e04ac592670a52a3864b1ba (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41ddb251c68ac75c101d3a50a68c4629c9055e4c (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2025-29861 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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