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CVE-2010-4079

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-4079 is a local information disclosure vulnerability in the ivtvfb_ioctl function of the Linux kernel, affecting Debian and other Linux distributions. It allows local users to potentially extract sensitive data from kernel stack memory due to an uninitialized structure member during an FBIOGET_VBLANK ioctl call. With a low CVSS score of 1.9, this vulnerability requires local access and has a low impact, only disclosing information without affecting integrity or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

1.9LOW

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0038 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 747 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: MRG for RHEL-5Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:2.6.33.7-rt29.47.el5rt
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.32-71.14.1.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-4079Low

kernel: drivers/video/ivtv/ivtvfb.c: reading uninitialized stack memory

Sep 15, 2010

References

git.kernel.org
lkml.org / lkml/2010/9/15/393
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/42890
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2010/dsa-2126
Third Party Advisory
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.36/ChangeLog-2.6.36-rc8
Broken Link
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/09/25/2
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/10/06/6
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/10/07/1
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/10/25/3
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/45062
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry