CVE-2008-3496

no score yetEPSS 3.3%

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.

EPSS: 3.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 88% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-120
Published: 2008-08-06
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

linux:linux_kernel

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

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