CVE-2023-53748: Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: mediatek: vcodec: Fix potential array out-of-bounds in decoder queue_setup variable *nplanes is provided by user via system call argument. The possible value of q_data->fmt->num_planes is 1-3, while the value of *nplanes can be 1-8. The array access by index i can cause array out-of-bounds. Fix this bug by checking *nplanes against the array size.

Affected products

• Linux Linux: from 4.10, before 6.1.30 (fixed in 6.1.30); from 6.2, before 6.3.4 (fixed in 6.3.4)

Published 2025-12-08. Last modified 2026-08-04.