CVE-2010-3442 Integer overflow in n/a

What is CVE-2010-3442?

CVE-2010-3442 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 4 Oct 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Multiple integer overflows in the snd_ctl_new function in sound/core/control.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc5-next-20100929 allow local users to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted (1) SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_ADD or (2) SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_REPLACE ioctl call.

Weakness: CWE-190

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-3442?

It affects 9 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Linux kernel, Opensuse Opensuse, Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop and 3 more.

How do I fix CVE-2010-3442?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2010-3442 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3442 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-3x4p-qf5f-hhw9.