7.1

CVE-2023-53748: media: mediatek: vcodec: Fix potential array out-of-bounds in decoder queue_setup

Deferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-53748DEBIAN-CVE-2023-53748
Published 08-12-2025Last modified 05-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-53748 is a high (CVSS 7.1) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.1, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.1/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.14%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
SUSE-SU-2026:0316-1

Timeline

  1. 08-12-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: mediatek: vcodec: Fix potential array out-of-bounds in decoder queue_setup variable *nplanes is provided by user via system call argument. The possible value of q_data->fmt->num_planes is 1-3, while the value of *nplanes can be 1-8. The array access by index i can cause array out-of-bounds. Fix this bug by checking *nplanes against the array size.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.14%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

3%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.14% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu125 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.37-1 | < 6.3.7-1
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ 590577a4e5257ac3ed72999a94666ad6ba8f24bc, < 48e4e06e2c5fe1fda283d499f91492eda2248bb9 | ≥ 590577a4e5257ac3ed72999a94666ad6ba8f24bc, < b8e19bf3b4aebd855be01b64674187dcf6d1db51 | ≥ 590577a4e5257ac3ed72999a94666ad6ba8f24bc, < 8fbcf730cb89c3647f3365226fe7014118fa93c7 | 4.10

3 vendors · 127 products

References

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