CVE-2010-2963

Published Nov 26, 2010

Last updated a year ago

Overview

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.
Source
security@ubuntu.com
NVD status
Modified

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Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
6.2
Impact score
10
Exploitability score
1.9
Vector string
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-20

Configurations