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CVE-2024-50291: media: dvb-core: add missing buffer index check

5.5 CVSS

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

media: dvb-core: add missing buffer index check

dvb_vb2_expbuf() didn't check if the given buffer index was
for a valid buffer. Add this check.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-50291

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 5.5

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

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.02% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 4.39% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-02 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50291
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/721c37af0355cc0b540909c57fd7930dc99c72d8
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa88dc7db176c79b50adb132a56120a1d4d9d18b

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