In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: uvcvideo: Handle cameras with invalid descriptors If the source entity does not contain any pads, do not create a link.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00014.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Linux
  • Linux Kernel

Configuration 1 [-]

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Vendors Products
Linux
  • Linux Kernel
References
Link Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11196ee3916e50a5da3c1e6ecda19a02dca14ba3 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a76cfc388cf105d3e04ac592670a52a3864b1ba cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2914259fcea23971c6fed8b2618d3a729a78c365 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31a8d11d28b57656cebfbd4c0b8b76f6ad5b017d cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41ddb251c68ac75c101d3a50a68c4629c9055e4c cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e4e6ca62e77539d4df8d13137e2683b10baddd9 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8f4a424af5879baefb0fb8a8a09b09ea1779483 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8aa2e1ae6426d7cbddf1735aed1a63ddf0e6909 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025091858-CVE-2023-53437-7993@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53437 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53437 cve-icon
History

Mon, 11 May 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 09:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: uvcvideo: Handle cameras with invalid descriptors If the source entity does not contain any pads, do not create a link.
Title media: uvcvideo: Handle cameras with invalid descriptors
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-11T19:44:57.972Z

Reserved: 2025-09-17T14:54:09.751Z

Link: CVE-2023-53437

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-14T19:16:51.356Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2025-09-18T16:15:47.847

Modified: 2026-01-14T20:16:03.593

Link: CVE-2023-53437

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-09-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-53437 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-09-19T09:35:46Z