CVE-2023-53437 — Improper Input Validation in Linux

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation5 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.47%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedSep 18

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: uvcvideo: Handle cameras with invalid descriptors If the source entity does not contain any pads, do not create a link.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel4.15 — 4.19.276+6
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.178-1+3
▶CVEListV5linux/linux6d30cf81ee3c0368175f76c03120af5d81e0c639 — c8f4a424af5879baefb0fb8a8a09b09ea1779483+11
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.20-1 (bookworm)

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
OSV
CVE-2023-53437: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: uvcvideo: Handle cameras with invalid descriptors If the source entity does↗2025-09-18
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GHSA
GHSA-fffv-2q69-3rfg: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: uvcvideo: Handle cameras with invalid descriptors If the source entity do↗2025-09-18
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: media: uvcvideo: Handle cameras with invalid descriptors↗2025-09-18
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Debian
CVE-2023-53437: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: uvcv...↗2023
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