CVE-2010-3442 describes multiple integer overflows in the Linux kernel's sound subsystem (snd_ctl_new function), affecting various distributions including Canonical, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, and SUSE. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to trigger a denial of service through heap memory corruption, or potentially achieve other unspecified impacts, by sending crafted ioctl calls. With a CVSS score of 4.7 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C), it is considered a medium-severity local attack requiring moderate complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.6.36CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.36CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.36:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.36CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.36:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.36CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.36:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.36CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.36:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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