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CVE-2010-4074

LOW · CVSS 1.9 EPSS 0.38%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2010-11-29 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a low severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 1.9. It affects Linux.

CVE
CVE-2010-4074
Severity
LOW
CVSS
1.9
EPSS
0.38%
Linux

Original NVD Description

The USB subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc5 does not properly initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via vectors related to TIOCGICOUNT ioctl calls, and the (1) mos7720_ioctl function in drivers/usb/serial/mos7720.c and (2) mos7840_ioctl function in drivers/usb/serial/mos7840.c.