VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2010-4656

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.40%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2011-07-18
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

The iowarrior_write function in drivers/usb/misc/iowarrior.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 does not properly allocate memory, which might allow local users to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow, and consequently cause a denial of service or gain privileges, via a long report.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Primary references