In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usb-mixer: us16x08: validate meter packet indices get_meter_levels_from_urb() parses the 64-byte meter packets sent by the device and fills the per-channel arrays meter_level[], comp_level[] and master_level[] in struct snd_us16x08_meter_store. Currently the function derives the channel index directly from the meter packet (MUB2(meter_urb, s) - 1) and uses it to index those arrays without validating the range. If the packet contains a negative or out-of-range channel number, the driver may write past the end of these arrays. Introduce a local channel variable and validate it before updating the arrays. We reject negative indices, limit meter_level[] and comp_level[] to SND_US16X08_MAX_CHANNELS, and guard master_level[] updates with ARRAY_SIZE(master_level).
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-68783 is rated Low Risk (17.3/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-02-10 | 0.02% | 0.06% | +0.04% |
| 2 | 2026-01-14 | — | 0.02% | — |
Full EPSS history (2 records total)
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| vendor | priority | summary | link |
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debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2025-68783 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (linux, linux-6.1), 6 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 6. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-68783 |
redhat
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low | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68783 |
suse
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medium | CVE-2025-68783 severity moderate: SUSE including 389 source package names (13.2-9.1:libsqlite3-0-3.49.1-1.1, 2.1.3-6.115:kernel-default-base-6.4.0-39.1.21.16, …), 614 product×package rows across 71 product lines (Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/baremetal-os-container, Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/base-os-container, … (71 product lines)): Fixed 325, Known Affected 231, Known Not Affected 33, First Fixed 25. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68783/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2025-68783 medium priority: Ubuntu including 157 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1562 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, resolute, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1157, ignored 180, released 150, needed 45, not-affected 18, pending 12. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-68783 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
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| No affected products in dataset. | |||