CVE-2024-53197
ALSA: usb-audio: Fix potential out-of-bound accesses for Extigy and Mbox devices
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Linux
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usb-audio: Fix potential out-of-bound accesses for Extigy and Mbox devices A bogus device can provide a bNumConfigurations value that exceeds the initial value used in usb_get_configuration for allocating dev->config. This can lead to out-of-bounds accesses later, e.g. in usb_destroy_configuration.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Access Vulnerability.
- Added
- 9 Apr 2025
- Fix due (US federal)
- 30 Apr 2025
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.1% · top 9.2% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – < 0b4ea4bfe16566b84645ded1403756a2dc4e0f19
- affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – < 9b8460a2a7ce478e0b625af7c56d444dc24190f7
- affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – < 62dc01c83fa71e10446ee4c31e0e3d5d1291e865
- affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – < 9887d859cd60727432a01564e8f91302d361b72b
- affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – < 920a369a9f014f10ec282fd298d0666129379f1b
- affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – < b8f8b81dabe52b413fe9e062e8a852c48dd0680d
- affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – < 379d3b9799d9da953391e973b934764f01e03960
- affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – < b521b53ac6eb04e41c03f46f7fe452e4d8e9bcca
- affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – < b909df18ce2a998afef81d58bbd1a05dc0788c40
- affected 2.6.12
- unaffected < 2.6.12
- unaffected 4.19.325 – ≤ 4.19.*
- unaffected 5.4.287 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.231 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.174 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.120 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.64 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.11.11 – ≤ 6.11.*
- unaffected 6.12.2 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.13 – ≤ *
References (12)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b4ea4bfe16566b84645ded1403756a2dc4e0f19 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b8460a2a7ce478e0b625af7c56d444dc24190f7 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62dc01c83fa71e10446ee4c31e0e3d5d1291e865 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9887d859cd60727432a01564e8f91302d361b72b (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/920a369a9f014f10ec282fd298d0666129379f1b (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8f8b81dabe52b413fe9e062e8a852c48dd0680d (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/379d3b9799d9da953391e973b934764f01e03960 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b521b53ac6eb04e41c03f46f7fe452e4d8e9bcca (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b909df18ce2a998afef81d58bbd1a05dc0788c40 (opens in a new tab)
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-53197 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html (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)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (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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