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CVE-2004-0685
Certain USB drivers in the Linux 2.4 kernel use the copy_to_user function on uninitialized structures, which could allow local users to…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.48%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.48% · top 59% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (19)
- 20163 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- VU#981134 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- linux-usb-gain-privileges(16931) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?id=14580 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- DSA-1082 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 10892 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FLSA:2336 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=127921 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-200408-24 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- DSA-1070 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20162 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 2004-0041 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
- DSA-1067 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- DSA-1069 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2004:505 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10665 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20202 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2004:504 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20338 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .