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CVE-2025-38495: debian debian_linux

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38495DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38495
Published 28-07-2025Last modified 05-08-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-38495 is a high (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.35%
0%100%
Low · +0.05 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 135 · Related 129
DLA-4327-1DLA-4328-1DSA-5973-1DSA-5975-1MGASA-2025-0218MGASA-2025-0219

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Timeline

  1. 28-07-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: core: ensure the allocated report buffer can contain the reserved report ID When the report ID is not used, the low level transport drivers expect the first byte to be 0. However, currently the allocated buffer not account for that extra byte, meaning that instead of having 8 guaranteed bytes for implement to be working, we only have 7.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.35%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

27%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.05 pp

From 0.30% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.35%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ubuntu147 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-163.173 | < 6.8.0-100.100
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1097.104 | < 6.8.0-1046.49
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian2 products
  • linux< 6.1.147-1 | < 6.12.41-1 | < 6.16.3-1
  • debian_linuxEOL11.0
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 4fa5a7f76cc7b6ac87f57741edd2b124851d119f, < 7228e36c7875e4b035374cf68ca5e44dffa596b2 | ≥ 4fa5a7f76cc7b6ac87f57741edd2b124851d119f, < 9f2892f7233a8f1320fe671d0f95f122191bfbcd | ≥ 4fa5a7f76cc7b6ac87f57741edd2b124851d119f, < 7fa83d0043370003e9a0b46ab7ae8f53b00fab06 | ≥ 4fa5a7f76cc7b6ac87f57741edd2b124851d119f, < d3ed1d84a84538a39b3eb2055d6a97a936c108f2 | ≥ 4fa5a7f76cc7b6ac87f57741edd2b124851d119f, < fcda39a9c5b834346088c14b1374336b079466c1 | ≥ 4fa5a7f76cc7b6ac87f57741edd2b124851d119f, < a262370f385e53ff7470efdcdaf40468e5756717 | ≥ 4fa5a7f76cc7b6ac87f57741edd2b124851d119f, < a47d9d9895bad9ce0e840a39836f19ca0b2a343a | ≥ 4fa5a7f76cc7b6ac87f57741edd2b124851d119f, < 4f15ee98304b96e164ff2340e1dfd6181c3f42aa | 3.15
  • linux_kernel≥ 3.15, < 5.4.297 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.241 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.190 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.147 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.100 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.40 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.15.8 | 6.16:rc1 | 6.16:rc2 | 6.16:rc3 | 6.16:rc4 | 6.16:rc5 | 6.16:rc6

3 vendors · 151 products

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