Is CVE-2010-2955 being actively exploited?

CVE-2010-2955 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-2955?

CVE-2010-2955 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 2.1 (LOW).

CVE-2010-2955

LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD

The cfg80211_wext_giwessid function in net/wireless/wext-compat.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc3-next-20100831 does not properly initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to leverage an off-by-one error in the ioctl_standard_iw_point function in net/wireless/wext-core.c, and obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory, via vectors involving an SIOCGIWESSID ioctl call that specifies a large buffer size.

Key facts

CVSS score: 2.1 (v2.0)
Severity: LOW
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-193
EPSS score: 0.4% (36th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2010-2959)
Published: September 8, 2010
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-2959 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
linux / linux kernel
linux / linux kernel
linux / linux kernel
linux / linux kernel
opensuse / opensuse
suse / linux enterprise desktop
suse / linux enterprise real time extension
suse / linux enterprise server

References

http://forums.grsecurity.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2290(Third Party Advisory)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=42da2f948d949efd0111309f5827bf0298bcc9a4
http://grsecurity.net/~spender/wireless-infoleak-fix2.patch(Broken Link)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/27/413(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/127(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/146(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/351(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/41245(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/patch-v2.6.36-rc3-next-20100831.bz2(Broken Link)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/31/1(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0771.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42885(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=628434(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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