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CVE-2010-4081

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-4081 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in the Linux kernel's snd_hdspm_hwdep_ioctl function, affecting Debian, Linux, openSUSE, and SUSE distributions. This flaw allows local users to potentially extract sensitive data from kernel stack memory due to an uninitialized structure during an SNDRV_HDSPM_IOCTL_GET_CONFIG_INFO ioctl call. With a CVSS score of 1.9, it is considered low severity, requiring local access and medium attack complexity to achieve partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

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
0.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
31.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0039 is in the 74th 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: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-238.el5
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-2010-4081Low

kernel: drivers/sound/pci/rme9652/hdspm.c: reading uninitialized stack memory

Sep 25, 2010

References

git.kernel.org
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lkml.org / lkml/2010/9/25/41
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/42778
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/42801
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/42884
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/42890
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/43291
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/46397
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-rc6
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-2011-0007.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/45063
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0012
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0298
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0375
Third Party Advisory