Is CVE-2008-3496 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-3496 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-3496?

CVE-2008-3496 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 10.0 (HIGH).

CVE-2008-3496

HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 3.3%EU EUVD

Buffer overflow in format descriptor parsing in the uvc_parse_format function in drivers/media/video/uvc/uvc_driver.c in uvcvideo in the video4linux (V4L) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.1 has unknown impact and attack vectors.

Key facts

CVSS score: 10.0 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-120
EPSS score: 3.3% (89th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-3482)
Published: August 6, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3482 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

linux / linux kernel

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/30/655(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31982(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.1(Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:223(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30514(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44184(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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