1.9
CVSSv2

CVE-2010-4079

Published: 29/11/2010 Updated: 07/11/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 1.9 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.4
VMScore: 169
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Summary

The ivtvfb_ioctl function in drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtvfb.c in the Linux kernel prior to 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.

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linux linux kernel 2.6.36

linux linux kernel

debian debian linux 5.0

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