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CVE-2024-53197

ALSA: usb-audio: Fix potential out-of-bound accesses for Extigy and Mbox devices

CVSS 3.1 High 7.8Known exploited (CISA KEV)

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usb-audio: Fix potential out-of-bound accesses for Extigy and Mbox devices A bogus device can provide a bNumConfigurations value that exceeds the initial value used in usb_get_configuration for allocating dev->config. This can lead to out-of-bounds accesses later, e.g. in usb_destroy_configuration.

Official description from the CVE record, published by Linux. Copyright © 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. See /security/cve/legal for the CVE license. View the record on cve.org

Key data

CVSS 3.1 High 7.8

Score published by CISA-ADP in the CVE record.

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

  • Attack vector: Local

    The attacker needs local access to the system, or to trick a user into running something.

  • Attack complexity: Low

    No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will.

  • Privileges required: Low

    A basic user account is needed.

  • User interaction: None

    No action from any user is needed.

  • Scope: Unchanged

    The impact stays within the vulnerable component.

  • Confidentiality impact: High

    Serious or total effect on the secrecy of data.

  • Integrity impact: High

    Serious or total effect on the trustworthiness of data.

  • Availability impact: High

    Serious or total effect on availability.

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EPSS

Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST: an estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days.
Score
0.04117 (4.1% probability)
Percentile
90.9%
Scores of
Nov 10, 2026
Model
v2026.06.15

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

This CVE is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Name in the catalog
Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Access Vulnerability
Added to the catalog
Apr 9, 2025
Federal due date
Apr 30, 2025

CISA assessment as of Apr 9, 2025

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC) decision points added by CISA.
Exploitation
Recorded by CISA as active
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Weakness (CWE)

CWE catalog version 5.0.
CWE names: Copyright © 2006-2026, The MITRE Corporation. See /security/cve/legal for the CWE license.

Affected products

Products listed in the CVE record, as the CNA published them.

  • Linux

    • affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 up to before 0b4ea4bfe16566b84645ded1403756a2dc4e0f19
    • affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 up to before 9b8460a2a7ce478e0b625af7c56d444dc24190f7
    • affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 up to before 62dc01c83fa71e10446ee4c31e0e3d5d1291e865
    • affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 up to before 9887d859cd60727432a01564e8f91302d361b72b
    • affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 up to before 920a369a9f014f10ec282fd298d0666129379f1b
    • affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 up to before b8f8b81dabe52b413fe9e062e8a852c48dd0680d
    • affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 up to before 379d3b9799d9da953391e973b934764f01e03960
    • affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 up to before b521b53ac6eb04e41c03f46f7fe452e4d8e9bcca
    • affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 up to before b909df18ce2a998afef81d58bbd1a05dc0788c40

  • Linux

    • affected: 2.6.12
    • unaffected: before 2.6.12
    • unaffected: 4.19.325 up to 4.19.*
    • unaffected: 5.4.287 up to 5.4.*
    • unaffected: 5.10.231 up to 5.10.*
    • unaffected: 5.15.174 up to 5.15.*
    • unaffected: 6.1.120 up to 6.1.*
    • unaffected: 6.6.64 up to 6.6.*
    • unaffected: 6.11.11 up to 6.11.*
    • unaffected: 6.12.2 up to 6.12.*
    • unaffected: 6.13 up to *

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Timeline

  1. ID reserved
  2. Record published
  3. Added to CISA KEV
  4. Record last updated

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