Vulnerability Details : CVE-2010-2962

drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c in the Graphics Execution Manager (GEM) in the Intel i915 driver in the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not properly validate pointers to blocks of memory, which allows local users to write to arbitrary kernel memory locations, and consequently gain privileges, via crafted use of the ioctl interface, related to (1) pwrite and (2) pread operations.
Published 2010-11-26 19:00:07
Updated 2020-08-14 15:09:01
Source Canonical Ltd.
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Input validation

Threat overview for CVE-2010-2962

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2010-2962
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 49153
IPs affected by CVE-2010-2962 23,004
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-2962

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-2010-2962

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source
7.2
 HIGH AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
3.9
10.0
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2010-2962

  • The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2010-2962

Products affected by CVE-2010-2962

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