VDB
CVE-2010-4527
CVE-2010-4527
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.900000095367432 MEDIUM
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.
EPSS 0.05% · 15.8th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
6.900000095367432
EPSS Score
0.05%
15.8th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | * |
| linux | linux_kernel | 0 |
Exploit Intelligence
- [oss-security] 20101231 Re: CVE request: kernel: buffer overflow in OSS load_mixer_volumes (circl)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667615 (circl)
- http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/cve-2010-4527-linux-kernel-oss-sound-card-driver-buffer-overflow/ (circl)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37 (circl)
- 45629 (circl)
- [oss-security] 20101230 CVE request: kernel: buffer overflow in OSS load_mixer_volumes (circl)
- 42765 (circl)
- ADV-2011-0375 (circl)
- SUSE-SA:2011:008 (circl)
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d81a12bc29ae4038770e05dce4ab7f26fd5880fb (circl)
…and 1 more exploits
Timeline
- Jan 13, 2011 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- [oss-security] 20101231 Re: CVE request: kernel: buffer overflow in OSS load_mixer_volumes mailing-list
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667615 url
- http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/cve-2010-4527-linux-kernel-oss-sound-card-driver-buffer-overflow/ url
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37 url
- 45629 vdb
- [oss-security] 20101230 CVE request: kernel: buffer overflow in OSS load_mixer_volumes mailing-list
- 42765 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2011-0375 vdb
- SUSE-SA:2011:008 vendor-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d81a12bc29ae4038770e05dce4ab7f26fd5880fb url
- 43291 third-party-advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4527 advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d81a12bc29ae4038770e05dce4ab7f26fd5880fb url
- http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/cve-2010-4527-linux-kernel-oss-sound-card-driver-buffer-overflow url