CVE-2026-89873

Status: ReceivedHigh (7.8)—

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

media: v4l2-ctrls: validate HEVC EXT SPS RPS counts

The HEVC SPS control carries the short-term and long-term RPS counts that decoder drivers use to walk the matching EXT SPS dynamic arrays. Reject SPS values that exceed the HEVC limits of 64 short-term sets and 32 long-term references so drivers cannot later index beyond those controls.

Also reject EXT SPS ST RPS entries whose negative or positive picture counts exceed the 16-entry arrays, or whose combined delta-POC count exceeds the HEVC DPB maximum.

CVSS

Version: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base score: 7.8

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.17%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 5
Score date: 10/5/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

🎯 ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

ExploitationT1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation85 %
Primary impactT1059.004 Unix Shellexecution70 %
Secondary impactT1499.004 Application or System Exploitationimpact65 %

Vulnerabilidad local de validación en kernel (AV:L, PR:L) que permite escalada mediante manipulación de controles HEVC SPS. Falta de validación de contadores RPS habilita escritura de memoria fuera de límites, resultando en ejecución de código kernel o DoS.

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

🛡️ ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Execution Prevention Threat Intelligence Program Filter Network Traffic Application Isolation and Sandboxing Exploit Protection Update Software

Affected technologies (1)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

Linux — Linux Kernel^AI

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