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CVE-2010-3442
Multiple integer overflows in the snd_ctl_new function in sound/core/control.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc5-next-20100929 allow…
- 4.7MediumCVSS base score
- 0.40%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 66% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Multiple integer overflows in the snd_ctl_new function in sound/core/control.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc5-next-20100929 allow local users to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted (1) SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_ADD or (2) SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_REPLACE ioctl call.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 17 days later
· 17 days later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.7 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.40% · top 66% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.7.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
36
- 42789 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5591bf07225523600450edd9e6ad258bb877b779 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0024 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 42778 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2011:0004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-1000-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 42801 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Console (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 46397 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2011:002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- ADV-2010-3113 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-18983 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2011:001 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100929 Re: CVE request - kernel: prevent heap corruption in snd_ctl_new() (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0936 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/patch-v2.6.36-rc5-next-20100928.bz2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2011:007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2010:060 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- ADV-2010-3321 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0842 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0298 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0958 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 43787 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100929 Re: CVE request - kernel: prevent heap corruption in snd_ctl_new() (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638478 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2010:257 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0375 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0012 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2011:008 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100929 Re: CVE request - kernel: prevent heap corruption in snd_ctl_new() (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 42745 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 43291 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100929 CVE request - kernel: prevent heap corruption in snd_ctl_new() (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 42400 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-2126 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-3440 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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