CVE-2010-5321

Description

Memory leak in drivers/media/video/videobuf-core.c in the videobuf subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.x through 4.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging /dev/video access for a series of mmap calls that require new allocations, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-6761. NOTE: as of 2016-06-18, this affects only 11 drivers that have not been updated to use videobuf2 instead of videobuf.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.03%
Third-Party Advisory openwall.com Third-Party Advisory debian.org Third-Party Advisory kernel.org Third-Party Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=827340 issue tracking mailing list third party advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/08/4 third party advisory mailing list
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=620629 issue tracking vdb entry third party advisory
http://linuxtv.org/irc/v4l/index.php?date=2010-07-29 not applicable
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120571 issue tracking vdb entry third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-5321?
CVE-2010-5321 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-5321?
To fix CVE-2010-5321, 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-2010-5321 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2010-5321 is being actively exploited. 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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