CVE-2009-3620

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 6
Modified
Published: 22 Oct 2009, 15:26
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 06:31

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.09% LOW
0% probability +0.02%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

22 Oct 2009, 15:26
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 06:31
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The ATI Rage 128 (aka r128) driver in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31-git11 does not properly verify Concurrent Command Engine (CCE) state initialization, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified ioctl calls.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.09%• Percentile: 25%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-476•NULL Pointer Dereference

    The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

  • CWE-908•Use of Uninitialized Resource

    The product uses or accesses a resource that has not been initialized.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    6.06 | 8.04 | 8.10 | 9.04 | 9.10

  • fedoraproject•fedora

    10

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 2.6.31.1

  • opensuse•opensuse

    11.0

  • redhat•mrg_realtime

    1.0

  • suse•linux_enterprise_debuginfo

    10:sp2 | 10:sp3

  • suse•linux_enterprise_desktop

    10:sp2 | 10:sp3

  • suse•linux_enterprise_server

    8 | 10:sp2 | 10:sp3

References (27)