CVE-2010-2955

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 34.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

The NVD has published no score for this record

NVD CVSS vector

No NVD score to derive

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2010-09-08 19:00Z15 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 02:55Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2010-08-04

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-193Off-by-one ErrorBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

efc81dec9ac2307cfab7ccbba2624efe78a653d449458ec65bf4771168847dc8

• www.ubuntu.comUSN-1000-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0771http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0771.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.securityfocus.com42885http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42885vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=42da2f948d949efd0111309f5827bf0298bcc9a4x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lkml.org[linux-kernel] 20100830 Re: [PATCH] wireless: fix 64K kernel heap content leak via ioctlhttp://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/127mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• grsecurity.nethttp://grsecurity.net/~spender/wireless-infoleak-fix2.patchx_refsource_MISC
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2011:007http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lkml.org[linux-kernel] 20100830 Re: [PATCH] wireless extensions: fix kernel heap content leakhttp://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/351mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0842http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20100831 CVE-2010-2955 kernel: wireless: fix 64K kernel heap content leak via ioctlhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/31/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.vupen.comADV-2011-0298http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
• lkml.org[linux-kernel] 20100827 [PATCH] wireless: fix 64K kernel heap content leak via ioctlhttp://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/27/413mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• forums.grsecurity.nethttp://forums.grsecurity.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2290x_refsource_MISC
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=628434x_refsource_CONFIRM
• secunia.com41245http://secunia.com/advisories/41245third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/patch-v2.6.36-rc3-next-20100831.bz2x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lkml.org[linux-kernel] 20100830 [PATCH] wireless extensions: fix kernel heap content leakhttp://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/146mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2010:054http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00000.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE