CVE-2010-2963

drivers/media/video/v4l2-compat-ioctl32.c in the Video4Linux (V4L) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 on 64-bit platforms does not validate the destination of a memory copy operation, which allows local users to write to arbitrary kernel memory locations, and consequently gain privileges, via a VIDIOCSTUNER ioctl call on a /dev/video device, followed by a VIDIOCSMICROCODE ioctl call on this device.

CVSS v2.0 NVD

6.2 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

0.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 56th percentile

Published

2010-11-26

Updated

2024-08-07

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• http://www.outflux.net/blog/archives/2010/10/19/cve-2010-2963-v4l-compat-exploit/

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15344

Security advisories

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00008.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00004.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42745
• http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:257
• http://www.outflux.net/blog/archives/2010/10/19/cve-2010-2963-v4l-compat-exploit
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44242
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024710
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642465

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry