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CVE-2010-4079
The ivtvfb_ioctl function in drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtvfb.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc8 does not properly initialize a…
- 1.9LowCVSS base score
- 0.38%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 68% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The ivtvfb_ioctl function in drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtvfb.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc8 does not properly initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via an FBIOGET_VBLANK ioctl call.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 35 days later
· 35 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 | Low1.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.38% · top 68% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
13
- [oss-security] 20100925 CVE request: multiple kernel stack memory disclosures (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 45062 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20101006 Re: CVE request: multiple kernel stack memory disclosures (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2011:0007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.36/ChangeLog-2.6.36-rc8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0958 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20101006 Re: CVE request: multiple kernel stack memory disclosures (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 42890 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=405707985594169cfd0b1d97d29fcb4b4c6f2ac9 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20101025 Re: CVE request: multiple kernel stack memory disclosures (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648666 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [linux-kernel] 20100915 [PATCH] drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtvfb.c: prevent reading uninitialized stack memory (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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-2010-4055 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2010-4079)Record last updated .