CVE-2010-4650 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2010-4650?

CVE-2010-4650 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Jun 2012. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Buffer overflow in the fuse_do_ioctl function in fs/fuse/file.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging the ability to operate a CUSE server.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4650?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2010-4650?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-4650 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2010-4650 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4650 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-6hjq-m9gw-hhr4.