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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…
High10.0EPSS 3.3%
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- mitre
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.3% · top 11% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (7)
- 31982 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30514 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:223 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [linux-kernel] 20080730 [patch 40/62] V4L: uvcvideo: Fix a buffer overflow in format descriptor parsing (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- linux-kernel-uvcparseformat-bo(44184) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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