CVE-2008-3496

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-08-06 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-120

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.

Affected products

Linux kernel: before 2.6.26.1 — fixed in 2.6.26.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 2.6.26.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html
http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/30/655
http://secunia.com/advisories/31982
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.1
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:223
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30514
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44184
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html
http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/30/655
http://secunia.com/advisories/31982
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.1
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:223

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