A vulnerability was detected in libuvc up to 0.0.7. Affected is the function uvc_scan_streaming of the file src/device.c of the component UVC Descriptor Handler. The manipulation results in null pointer dereference. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit is now public and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Weakness
The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use.
Potential Mitigations
- Use a language that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
- For example, languages such as Java, Ruby, and Lisp perform automatic garbage collection that releases memory for objects that have been deallocated.
Related Attack Patterns
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- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/130.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/131.html
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- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/495.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/496.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/666.html