Buffer overflow in Linux Kernel
CVE-2008-3496
Buffer overflow in format descriptor parsing in the uvc_parse_format function in drivers/media/video/uvc/uvc_driver.c in uvcvideo in the video4linux (V4L) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.1 has unknown impact and attack vectors.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.033 (88.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 88.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.033 · newest: 0.033 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/31982 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/30514 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/30/655 (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.1 (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44184 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)