CVE-2010-2963

drivers/media/video/v4l2-compat-ioctl32.c in the Video4Linux (V4L) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 on 64-bit platforms does not validate the…

published November 26, 2010

CVSS
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EPSS
1%
Percentile
56.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

drivers/media/video/v4l2-compat-ioctl32.c in the Video4Linux (V4L) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 on 64-bit platforms does not validate the destination of a memory copy operation, which allows local users to write to arbitrary kernel memory locations, and consequently gain privileges, via a VIDIOCSTUNER ioctl call on a /dev/video device, followed by a VIDIOCSMICROCODE ioctl call on this device.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00816 · 56.6th percentile
Published
2010-11-26T18:23Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 26 NOV 18:23Z
    drivers/media/video/v4l2-compat-ioctl32.c in the Video4Linux (V4L) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 on 64-bit platforms does not validate the…
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