CVE-2026-97579: linux
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.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1Timeline
- 25-09-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 19-10-2026Last 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- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVDNIST7.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo 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