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CVE-2010-4656

CVSS v3.1 7.8 (High)
78% Progress
CVSS v2.0 7.2 (High)
72% Progress
EPSS 0.04 % (5th)
0.04% Progress
Affected Products 2
Advisories 11
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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.

Weaknesses
CWE-787
Out-of-bounds Write
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Published Date
2011-07-18 19:55:00
(13 years ago)
Updated Date
2023-02-13 03:21:50
(19 months ago)

Affected Products

Canonical

Linux

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel prior 2.6.37 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel < 2.6.37

Configuration #2

    CPE23 From Up To
  Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-