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…
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 0.8%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
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 2.0
- 6.2 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.82% probability · 57th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 28 October 2010
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · fedoraproject/fedora · opensuse/opensuse · suse/linux enterprise desktop · suse/linux enterprise server · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- security@ubuntu.com
EPSS 0.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3e645d6b485446c54c6745c5e2cf5c528fe4deec
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00008.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42745Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36Broken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:257Third Party Advisory
- http://www.outflux.net/blog/archives/2010/10/19/cve-2010-2963-v4l-compat-exploit/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44242Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024710Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642465Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3e645d6b485446c54c6745c5e2cf5c528fe4deec
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00008.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42745Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36Broken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:257Third Party Advisory
- http://www.outflux.net/blog/archives/2010/10/19/cve-2010-2963-v4l-compat-exploit/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44242Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024710Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642465Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.