# CVE-2024-53104 — Linux

**CISA KEV**

> As of 2026-05-11, CVE-2024-53104 is a HIGH-severity vulnerability in Linux, CVSS v3.1 7.8, EPSS 3.3% (88.2th percentile). It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2025-02-05), with a US federal remediation deadline of 2025-02-26. Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2024-53104, most recently “Serbian Authorities Deploy Pegasus and NoviSpy Spyware Against Journalists, Opposition Politicians, and Student Protesters”.

**Last updated:** 2026-05-11

## What is CVE-2024-53104?

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: uvcvideo: Skip parsing frames of type UVC_VS_UNDEFINED in uvc_parse_format This can lead to out of bounds writes since frames of this type were not taken into account when calculating the size of the frames buffer in uvc_parse_streaming.

The record classifies CVE-2024-53104 under weakness class [CWE-787](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cwe/CWE-787). Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw requires local access to the host, needs low-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 672 days ago.

## Severity and exploitation probability

- **CVSS v3.1 base score:** 7.8 — HIGH (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **EPSS (FIRST):** 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.2% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Listed since 2025-02-05, federal remediation deadline 2025-02-26
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 9/10 — CISA KEV-listed, which Threadlinqs floors at 9
- **Published:** 2024-12-02, last modified 2026-05-11

## Is CVE-2024-53104 being exploited?

CISA added CVE-2024-53104 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2025-02-05, which means the agency holds evidence of exploitation in the wild; US federal civilian agencies had to remediate it by 2025-02-26 under BOD 22-01. Weaponised exploit code for CVE-2024-53104 is publicly available. 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are tracked for this identifier. It currently carries a trending score of 40 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

- [runtimeverification/kernel-c-to-rust-spike](https://github.com/runtimeverification/kernel-c-to-rust-spike) (github)
- [trickest/cve](https://github.com/trickest/cve/blob/main/2024/CVE-2024-53104.md) (trickest)

## Affected products and versions

- [Linux](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/vendors/linux): Linux

## How to fix CVE-2024-53104

The record marks a vendor fix as available for CVE-2024-53104. Patch reference: [https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ee9d9122801eb688783acd07791f2906b87cb4f](https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ee9d9122801eb688783acd07791f2906b87cb4f). Because CVE-2024-53104 is KEV-listed, US federal civilian agencies were required to apply the vendor fix, or stop using the product, by 2025-02-26. Apply the vendor fix referenced above to every affected product listed in this record, then confirm the running version against the vendor advisory.

## Threat activity tracking CVE-2024-53104

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2024-53104, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

- [Serbian Authorities Deploy Pegasus and NoviSpy Spyware Against Journalists, Opposition Politicians, and Student Protesters](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-2316) — HIGH · 2026-09-03

## Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, NVD, FIRST EPSS, CISA KEV, public proof-of-concept repositories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-09-21. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

**Other references**

- [git.kernel.org](https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95edf13a48e75dc2cc5b0bc57bf90d6948a22fe8)
- [git.kernel.org (684022f81f128338fe3587ec967459669a1204ae)](https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/684022f81f128338fe3587ec967459669a1204ae)
- [git.kernel.org (faff5bbb2762c44ec7426037b3000e77a11d6773)](https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/faff5bbb2762c44ec7426037b3000e77a11d6773)
- [git.kernel.org (467d84dc78c9abf6b217ada22b3fdba336262e29)](https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/467d84dc78c9abf6b217ada22b3fdba336262e29)
- [git.kernel.org (beced2cb09b58c1243733f374c560a55382003d6)](https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/beced2cb09b58c1243733f374c560a55382003d6)

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Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2024-53104
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2024-53104 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp