CVE-2010-4655

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.40%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2011-07-18 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE

CVE-2010-4655

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS

5.5

EPSS

0.40%

Linux

Original NVD Description

net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for an ethtool ioctl call.