CVE-2010-3080 Use after free in n/a

What is CVE-2010-3080?

CVE-2010-3080 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 21 Sep 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Double free vulnerability in the snd_seq_oss_open function in sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_init.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc4 might allow local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via an unsuccessful attempt to open the /dev/sequencer device.

Weakness: CWE-415

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-3080?

It affects 6 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Linux kernel, Opensuse Opensuse, Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop, Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension, Suse Linux Enterprise Server.

How do I fix CVE-2010-3080?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2010-3080 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3080 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-r56g-9xx6-cwq3.