CVE-2010-4078 : The sisfb_ioctl function in drivers/video/sis/sis_main.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc6 does not properly initial

The sisfb_ioctl function in drivers/video/sis/sis_main.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc6 does not properly initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via an FBIOGET_VBLANK ioctl call.

Published 2010-11-29 16:00:04

Updated 2020-08-13 13:13:01

Source MITRE

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Threat overview for CVE-2010-4078

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2010-4078

Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 49153

IPs affected by CVE-2010-4078 22,672

Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-4078

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 0.04%

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 8 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ

CVSS scores for CVE-2010-4078

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source
1.9	LOW	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N	3.4	2.9	NIST
Access Vector: Local Access Complexity: Medium Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: Partial Integrity Impact: None Availability Impact: None

CWE ids for CVE-2010-4078

CWE-909 Missing Initialization of Resource

The product does not initialize a critical resource.

Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2010-4078

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:051

mandriva.com
Third Party Advisory

CVEs referencing this url
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126

Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2126-1 linux-2.6
Third Party Advisory

CVEs referencing this url
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.36/ChangeLog-2.6.36-rc6

404: File not found
Broken Link

CVEs referencing this url
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html

[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Linux kernel (SUSE-SA:20
Mailing List;Third Party Advisory

CVEs referencing this url
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/25/2

oss-security - CVE request: multiple kernel stack memory disclosures
Mailing List;Patch;Third Party Advisory

CVEs referencing this url
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html

[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Realtime Linux Kernel (S
Mailing List;Third Party Advisory

CVEs referencing this url
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43810

Linux Kernel FBIOGET_VBLANK 'drivers/video/sis/sis_main.c' Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Third Party Advisory;VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/25/3

oss-security - Re: CVE request: multiple kernel stack memory disclosures
Mailing List;Patch;Third Party Advisory

CVEs referencing this url
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/06/6

oss-security - Re: CVE request: multiple kernel stack memory disclosures
Mailing List;Third Party Advisory

CVEs referencing this url
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648665

648665 – (CVE-2010-4078) CVE-2010-4078 kernel: drivers/video/sis/sis_main.c: reading uninitialized stack memory
Issue Tracking;Patch;Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=fd02db9de73faebc51240619c7c7f99bee9f65c7

kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree
Patch;Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012

Webmail | OVH- OVH
Third Party Advisory

CVEs referencing this url
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html

[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Linux kernel (SUSE-SA:20
Mailing List;Third Party Advisory

CVEs referencing this url
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/07/1

oss-security - Re: CVE request: multiple kernel stack memory disclosures
Mailing List;Patch;Third Party Advisory

CVEs referencing this url
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298

Webmail | OVH- OVH
Third Party Advisory

CVEs referencing this url
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.html

[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Linux kernel (SUSE-SA:20
Mailing List;Third Party Advisory

CVEs referencing this url

Products affected by CVE-2010-4078