CVE-2010-4527
The load_mixer_volumes function in sound/oss/soundcard.c in the OSS sound subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 incorrectly expects…
- 6.9MediumCVSS base score
- 0.49%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 57% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The load_mixer_volumes function in sound/oss/soundcard.c in the OSS sound subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 incorrectly expects that a certain name field ends with a '\0' character, which allows local users to conduct buffer overflow attacks and gain privileges, or possibly obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, via a SOUND_MIXER_SETLEVELS ioctl call.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 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 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.49% · top 57% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- [oss-security] 20101231 Re: CVE request: kernel: buffer overflow in OSS load_mixer_volumes (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667615 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/cve-2010-4527-linux-kernel-oss-sound-card-driver-buffer-overflow/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 45629 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20101230 CVE request: kernel: buffer overflow in OSS load_mixer_volumes (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 42765 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0375 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2011:008 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d81a12bc29ae4038770e05dce4ab7f26fd5880fb (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 43291 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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-2010-4495 (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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