VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2010-2963
CVSS score6.2 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.82%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2010-11-26
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
Primary references
- security@ubuntu.com
- security@ubuntu.com — Third Party Advisory
- security@ubuntu.com — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- security@ubuntu.com — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- security@ubuntu.com — Third Party Advisory
- security@ubuntu.com — Third Party Advisory
- security@ubuntu.com — Broken Link
- security@ubuntu.com — Third Party Advisory
- security@ubuntu.com — Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- security@ubuntu.com — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- security@ubuntu.com — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- security@ubuntu.com — Third Party Advisory