Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2004-0685
Certain USB drivers in the Linux 2.4 kernel use the copy_to_user function on uninitialized structures, which could allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading memory that was not cleared from previous usage.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (40.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 40.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel — versions 2.2.0, 2.2.1, 2.2.2
- Trustix Secure Linux — versions 2.0, 2.1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 3.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 3.0
References
- secunia.com/advisories/20163 (third-party-advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/981134 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16931 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1082 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/10892 (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-24.xml (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1070 (vendor-advisory)