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CVE-2010-4656 (GCVE-0-2010-4656)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-07-18 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 03:51
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2011-01-04 00:00
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