Is CVE-2010-2962 being actively exploited?

CVE-2010-2962 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-2962?

CVE-2010-2962 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

CVE-2010-2962

HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD

drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c in the Graphics Execution Manager (GEM) in the Intel i915 driver in the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not properly validate pointers to blocks of memory, which allows local users to write to arbitrary kernel memory locations, and consequently gain privileges, via crafted use of the ioctl interface, related to (1) pwrite and (2) pread operations.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.2 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20
EPSS score: 0.5% (42th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2010-2966)
Published: November 26, 2010
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-2966 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
fedoraproject / fedora
linux / linux kernel
opensuse / opensuse
suse / linux enterprise desktop
suse / linux enterprise real time extension
suse / linux enterprise server

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ce9d419dbecc292cc3e06e8b1d6d123d3fa813a4
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00003.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00004.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42745(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42758(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44067(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637688(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)

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

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