CVE-2008-3496 (GCVE-0-2008-3496)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-08-06 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:37
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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| http://secunia.com/advisories/31982 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
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| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/30/655 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/Chang… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Date Public
2008-08-01 00:00
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