# CVE-2024-53104: media: uvcvideo: Skip parsing frames of type UVC\_VS\_UNDEFINED in uvc\_parse\_format

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), NVD
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): yes, added 2025-02-05, remediation due 2025-02-26
- Exposure: Actively exploited
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2024-12-02 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Summary

The Linux kernel's USB video class (uvcvideo) driver, which handles USB webcams and similar video devices, is affected. Malformed frame descriptors of an undefined type could cause the driver to write past the end of a buffer, potentially leading to memory corruption and crashes.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- Linux: from c0efd232929c2cd87238de2cccdaf4e845be5b0c, fixed in 95edf13a48e75dc2cc5b0bc57bf90d6948a22fe8; from c0efd232929c2cd87238de2cccdaf4e845be5b0c, fixed in 684022f81f128338fe3587ec967459669a1204ae; from c0efd232929c2cd87238de2cccdaf4e845be5b0c, fixed in faff5bbb2762c44ec7426037b3000e77a11d6773; from c0efd232929c2cd87238de2cccdaf4e845be5b0c, fixed in 467d84dc78c9abf6b217ada22b3fdba336262e29; from c0efd232929c2cd87238de2cccdaf4e845be5b0c, fixed in beced2cb09b58c1243733f374c560a55382003d6; from c0efd232929c2cd87238de2cccdaf4e845be5b0c, fixed in 575a562f7a3ec2d54ff77ab6810e3fbceef2a91d; from c0efd232929c2cd87238de2cccdaf4e845be5b0c, fixed in 622ad10aae5f5e03b7927ea95f7f32812f692bb5; from c0efd232929c2cd87238de2cccdaf4e845be5b0c, fixed in 1ee9d9122801eb688783acd07791f2906b87cb4f; from c0efd232929c2cd87238de2cccdaf4e845be5b0c, fixed in ecf2b43018da9579842c774b7f35dbe11b5c38dd
- Linux: 2.6.26

## Description

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.

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## Related

- Browse: [CISA KEV entries](https://cve.now/kev.md) · [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95edf13a48e75dc2cc5b0bc57bf90d6948a22fe8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/684022f81f128338fe3587ec967459669a1204ae
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/faff5bbb2762c44ec7426037b3000e77a11d6773
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/467d84dc78c9abf6b217ada22b3fdba336262e29
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/beced2cb09b58c1243733f374c560a55382003d6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/575a562f7a3ec2d54ff77ab6810e3fbceef2a91d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/622ad10aae5f5e03b7927ea95f7f32812f692bb5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ee9d9122801eb688783acd07791f2906b87cb4f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ecf2b43018da9579842c774b7f35dbe11b5c38dd

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