| CVE-2010-4527 | Date: (C)2011-01-13 (M)2024-02-22 |
The load_mixer_volumes function in sound/oss/soundcard.c in the OSS sound subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 incorrectly expects that a certain name field ends with a ' ' character, which allows local users to conduct buffer overflow attacks and gain privileges, or possibly obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, via a SOUND_MIXER_SETLEVELS ioctl call.
CVSS Score and Metrics +CVSS Score and Metrics -| CVSS V2 Severity: |
| CVSS Score : 6.9 |
| Exploit Score: 3.4 |
| Impact Score: 10.0 |
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| CVSS V2 Metrics: |
| Access Vector: LOCAL |
| Access Complexity: MEDIUM |
| Authentication: NONE |
| Confidentiality: COMPLETE |
| Integrity: COMPLETE |
| Availability: COMPLETE |
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