{
    "id": "CVE-2010-2963",
    "published": "2010-11-26 19:00:06",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:21:50",
    "cvss_score": "6.2",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
    "cwe": "CWE-20",
    "description": "drivers/media/video/v4l2-compat-ioctl32.c in the Video4Linux (V4L) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 on 64-bit platforms does not validate the destination of a memory copy operation, which allows local users to write to arbitrary kernel memory locations, and consequently gain privileges, via a VIDIOCSTUNER ioctl call on a /dev/video device, followed by a VIDIOCSMICROCODE ioctl call on this device.",
    "epss_score": "0.00816",
    "epss_percentile": "0.55965",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-13 18:17:09",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "canonical",
            "product": "ubuntu_linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "debian",
            "product": "debian_linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "fedoraproject",
            "product": "fedora"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "linux",
            "product": "linux_kernel"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "opensuse",
            "product": "opensuse"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "suse",
            "product": "linux_enterprise_desktop"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "suse",
            "product": "linux_enterprise_server"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "15344",
            "title": "Linux Kernel 2.6.36 - VIDIOCSMICROCODE IOCTL Local Memory Overwrite",
            "date": "2010-10-28",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15344"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3e645d6b485446c54c6745c5e2cf5c528fe4deec",
        "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00008.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00004.html",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/42745",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126",
        "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36",
        "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:257",
        "http://www.outflux.net/blog/archives/2010/10/19/cve-2010-2963-v4l-compat-exploit/",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44242",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024710",
        "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642465",
        "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3e645d6b485446c54c6745c5e2cf5c528fe4deec",
        "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00008.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00004.html",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/42745",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126",
        "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36",
        "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:257",
        "http://www.outflux.net/blog/archives/2010/10/19/cve-2010-2963-v4l-compat-exploit/",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44242",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024710"
    ]
}