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CVE-2010-4655

5.5 mediumEPSS 0.4%

net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for an ethtool ioctl call.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.5 medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 33% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-665
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

References

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