CVE-2004-0685 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2004-0685?

CVE-2004-0685 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Oct 2004. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Certain USB drivers in the Linux 2.4 kernel use the copy_to_user function on uninitialized structures, which could allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading memory that was not cleared from previous usage.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0685?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Linux kernel, Redhat Enterprise Linux, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Trustix Secure Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2004-0685?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2004-0685 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-0685 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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