CVE-2024-53197 — Linux Vulnerability Details

What is CVE-2024-53197?

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usb-audio: Fix potential out-of-bound accesses for Extigy and Mbox devices A bogus device can provide a bNumConfigurations value that exceeds the initial value used in usb_get_configuration for allocating dev->config. This can lead to out-of-bounds accesses later, e.g. in usb_destroy_configuration.

The record classifies CVE-2024-53197 under weakness class 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 647 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): 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.7% of all scored CVEs
CISA KEV: Listed since 2025-04-09, federal remediation deadline 2025-04-30
Threadlinqs priority: 9/10 — CISA KEV-listed, which Threadlinqs floors at 9
Published: 2024-12-27, last modified 2026-05-11

Is CVE-2024-53197 being exploited?

CISA added CVE-2024-53197 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2025-04-09, which means the agency holds evidence of exploitation in the wild; US federal civilian agencies had to remediate it by 2025-04-30 under BOD 22-01. Weaponised exploit code for CVE-2024-53197 is publicly available. 1 public proof-of-concept repository is tracked for this identifier. It currently carries a trending score of 40 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

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Affected products and versions

Linux: Linux

How to fix CVE-2024-53197

The record marks a vendor fix as available for CVE-2024-53197. Patch reference: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b4ea4bfe16566b84645ded1403756a2dc4e0f19. Because CVE-2024-53197 is KEV-listed, US federal civilian agencies were required to apply the vendor fix, or stop using the product, by 2025-04-30. 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-2024-53197

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2024-53197, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

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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

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