---
id: CVE-2023-52565
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  media: uvcvideo: Fix OOB read

  If the index provided by the user is bigger than the mask size, we might do
  an out of bound read.
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  media: uvcvideo: Fix OOB read

  If the index provided by the user is bigger than the mask size, we might do
  an out of bound read.
severity: high
cvss: 7.1
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-125
vendor: linux
product: linux_kernel
affected:
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.1.16, < 6.1.56'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.3, < 6.5.6'
  - linux_kernel = 6.6
patched:
  - linux_kernel 6.5.6
published: '2024-03-02'
updated: '2026-08-04'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52565'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09635bf4cdd4adf2160198a6041bcc7ca46c0558'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41ebaa5e0eebea4c3bac96b72f9f8ae0d77c0bdb'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bcf70d787f7d53a3b85ad394f926cfef3eed023'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09635bf4cdd4adf2160198a6041bcc7ca46c0558'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41ebaa5e0eebea4c3bac96b72f9f8ae0d77c0bdb'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bcf70d787f7d53a3b85ad394f926cfef3eed023'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00233
epssPercentile: 0.12721
ingestedAt: '2026-08-05T05:58:02.247Z'
---

## Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

media: uvcvideo: Fix OOB read

If the index provided by the user is bigger than the mask size, we might do
an out of bound read.

## Affected

- `linux_kernel >= 6.1.16, < 6.1.56`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.3, < 6.5.6`
- `linux_kernel = 6.6`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `linux_kernel 6.5.6`