Is CVE-2010-2963 being actively exploited?

CVE-2010-2963 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-2963?

CVE-2010-2963 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.2 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2010-2963

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.2EPSS 0.8%EU EUVD

drivers/media/video/v4l2-compat-ioctl32.c in the Video4Linux (V4L) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 on 64-bit platforms does not validate the destination of a memory copy operation, which allows local users to write to arbitrary kernel memory locations, and consequently gain privileges, via a VIDIOCSTUNER ioctl call on a /dev/video device, followed by a VIDIOCSMICROCODE ioctl call on this device.

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.2 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20
EPSS score: 0.8% (57th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2010-2967)
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-2010-2967 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
debian / debian linux
fedoraproject / fedora
linux / linux kernel
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
suse / linux enterprise desktop
suse / linux enterprise server

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3e645d6b485446c54c6745c5e2cf5c528fe4deec
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00008.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00004.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42745(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36(Broken Link)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:257(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.outflux.net/blog/archives/2010/10/19/cve-2010-2963-v4l-compat-exploit/(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44242(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024710(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642465(Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)

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

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