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.

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First Time appeared Libuvc
Libuvc uvc Descriptor Handler
Vendors & Products Libuvc
Libuvc uvc Descriptor Handler

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 05:45:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title libuvc UVC Descriptor device.c uvc_scan_streaming null pointer dereference
Weaknesses CWE-404
CWE-476
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 1.7, 'vector': 'AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-06T05:32:08.140Z

Reserved: 2026-02-05T15:43:47.726Z

Link: CVE-2026-1991

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-02-06T06:15:50.240

Modified: 2026-02-06T06:15:50.240

Link: CVE-2026-1991

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-02-06T12:04:48Z

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