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v4l2loopback — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2022-2652

Depending on the way the format strings in the card label are crafted it's possible to leak kernel stack memory. There is also the possibility for DoS due to the v4l2loopback kernel module crashing when providing the card label on request (reproduce e.g. with many %s modifiers in a row).

Products
v4l2loopback
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
0.12.7-1
CVEs
CVE-2022-2652
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
30 Oct 2026, 14:48 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-2652

core-osv · Original source

Published 4 Aug 2022, 10:15 UTC

Depending on the way the format strings in the card label are crafted it's possible to leak kernel stack memory. There is also the possibility for DoS due to the v4l2loopback kernel module crashing when providing the card label on request (reproduce e.g. with many %s modifiers in a row).

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2022-2652

v4l2loopback

Fixed versions: 0.12.7-1

v4l2loopback

Fixed versions: 0.12.7-1

v4l2loopback

Fixed versions: 0.12.7-1

Complete source record
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