{"cve":"CVE-2023-53425","nvd":{"published":"2025-09-18T16:15:46.370","modified":"2026-06-17T06:45:17.780","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmedia: platform: mediatek: vpu: fix NULL ptr dereference\n\nIf pdev is NULL, then it is still dereferenced.\n\nThis fixes this smatch warning:\n\ndrivers/media/platform/mediatek/vpu/mtk_vpu.c:570 vpu_load_firmware() warn: address of NULL pointer 'pdev'","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/099e929e7477f37ca16738fc158d7101c0189ca1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b3f25d3894a091abc247eadab266a2c9be64389","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2caeb722f0ea5d2d24af30bb1753a89d449b6aa0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3df55cd773e8603b623425cc97b05e542854ad27","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d299e6e0ac3cf8ab4517dc29c9294bc4bf72398"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:10:08.713834912+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-53425","score":0.00149,"percentile":0.04047,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}