7.8

CVE-2026-97579: linux

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighReceived
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-97579DEBIAN-CVE-2026-97579
Published 25-09-2026Last modified 19-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-97579 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.16%
0%100%
Low · Change unavailable
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1

Timeline

  1. 25-09-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 19-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: mediatek: vcodec: bound AV1 tile-start copy to the array capacity vdec_av1_slice_setup_tile() copies tile_cols + 1 / tile_rows + 1 entries into mi_col_starts[] / mi_row_starts[] from the bitstream tile_info. Bound the copy to the array capacity.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.16%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

5%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Change unavailable

Change unavailable

26-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.16%

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

Ubuntu142 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)
Debian2 products
  • linux< 6.12.111-1 | < 7.2.7-1
  • linux-6.12< 6.12.111-1~deb12u1
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ 0934d37596151edce115c6d0843a9ad7d5e5d232, < f19acf00818a9eada06a77715d0188c181fb435e | ≥ 0934d37596151edce115c6d0843a9ad7d5e5d232, < ad47a250afafa3a51cfb4a004463ff28e66c596e | ≥ 0934d37596151edce115c6d0843a9ad7d5e5d232, < 7992059c045780095ba5a696dcb2f5400a82803c | ≥ 0934d37596151edce115c6d0843a9ad7d5e5d232, < eb0ea3898e3921900939e30c3946dd2b52281859 | ≥ 0934d37596151edce115c6d0843a9ad7d5e5d232, < 37bef2170d4c88fc3d708eecf3ef0f4032bc1372 | 6.6

3 vendors · 145 products

References

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