{"id":"CVE-2024-53197","published":"2024-12-27T14:15:27Z","modified":"2026-06-17T08:08:33Z","title":"Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Access Vulnerability","vendor":"Linux","product":"Kernel","tier":"core","eol":null,"description":{"text":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nALSA: usb-audio: Fix potential out-of-bound accesses for Extigy and Mbox devices\n\nA bogus device can provide a bNumConfigurations value that exceeds the\ninitial value used in usb_get_configuration for allocating dev->config.\n\nThis can lead to out-of-bounds accesses later, e.g. in\nusb_destroy_configuration.","provenance":"source","from":"NVD"},"summary":{"text":"The Linux kernel's USB audio driver (ALSA usb-audio, affecting Extigy and Mbox devices) can perform out-of-bounds memory accesses because it does not account for a bogus USB device reporting a configuration count larger than the buffer the kernel allocated for it. An attacker needs to be able to attach a malicious USB device to the local system, which requires local access and at least low privileges, and no user interaction is needed once the device is connected.","provenance":"ai","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T07:11:26Z"},"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","provenance":"source","from":"NVD"},"epss":{"score":0.04117,"percentile":0.90758,"date":"2026-10-29","provenance":"source"},"kev":{"dateAdded":"2025-04-09","dueDate":"2025-04-30","ransomware":false,"requiredAction":"Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.","notes":"This vulnerability affects a common open-source component, third-party library, or a protocol used by different products. 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