Known exploited vulnerability
CVE-2024-53104
The short answer
CVE-2024-53104 affects Linux Linux and is rated high (CVSS 7.8). CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2025-02-05: attackers are using it, so patch it first. The vendor has linked a patch.
What it is
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.
Weakness: CWE-787.
Severity
7.8 high
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploited (CISA KEV)
Yes, since Feb 5, 2025
Federal due date Feb 26, 2025
EPSS, next 30 days
3.4%
Higher than 89% of scored CVEs
How it can be exploited
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
What CISA says to do
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Affected products
Linux. NVD's record lists the exact affected versions.
References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ee9d9122801eb688783acd07791f2906b87cb4f Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/467d84dc78c9abf6b217ada22b3fdba336262e29 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/575a562f7a3ec2d54ff77ab6810e3fbceef2a91d Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/622ad10aae5f5e03b7927ea95f7f32812f692bb5 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/684022f81f128338fe3587ec967459669a1204ae Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/95edf13a48e75dc2cc5b0bc57bf90d6948a22fe8 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/beced2cb09b58c1243733f374c560a55382003d6 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ecf2b43018da9579842c774b7f35dbe11b5c38dd Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/faff5bbb2762c44ec7426037b3000e77a11d6773 Patch
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html Mailing List
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html Mailing List
- www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-53104 US Government Resource
Questions
Is CVE-2024-53104 being exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2024-53104 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2025-02-05, with a federal remediation due date of 2025-02-26.
How do I fix CVE-2024-53104?
CISA's required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
From NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS and OSV.dev, checked . Status on NVD: Analyzed. The description is NVD's text, quoted as published.
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