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CVE-2010-4656

Date: July 18, 2011

The iowarrior_write function in drivers/usb/misc/iowarrior.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 does not properly allocate memory, which might allow local users to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow, and consequently cause a denial of service or gain privileges, via a long report.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (12)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672420
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46069
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4656
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2010-4656
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/3
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4656
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3ed780117dbe5acb64280d218f0347f238dafed0
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1146-1
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/24/9
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2010-4656

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-119

Out-of-bounds Write

CWE-787

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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