VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2010-4082

CVSS score1.9 LOW
EPSS probability0.38%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2010-11-30
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Description

The viafb_ioctl_get_viafb_info function in drivers/video/via/ioctl.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc5 does not properly initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a VIAFB_GET_INFO ioctl call.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-909: Missing Initialization of Resource

Primary references