CVE-2010-2963

Public Exploit

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.

Category

6.2
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.14%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024710 vdb entry third party advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.outflux.net/blog/archives/2010/10/19/cve-2010-2963-v4l-compat-exploit/ third party advisory exploit
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:257 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00004.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3e645d6b485446c54c6745c5e2cf5c528fe4deec
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44242 vdb entry third party advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642465 issue tracking patch exploit third party advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36 broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/42745 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00008.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-2963?
CVE-2010-2963 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-2963?
To fix CVE-2010-2963, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-2963 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-2963 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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