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CVE-2010-3448
drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 on ThinkPad devices, when the X.Org X server is used, does not…
Medium4.9EPSS 0.43%
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- redhat
Description
drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 on ThinkPad devices, when the X.Org X server is used, does not properly restrict access to the video output control state, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a (1) read or (2) write operation.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.43% · top 62% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- [oss-security] 20100928 Re: CVE requests: POE::Component::IRC, Alien Arena, Babiloo, Typo3, abcm2ps, ModSecurity, Linux kernel (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100929 Re: CVE requests: POE::Component::IRC, Alien Arena, Babiloo, Typo3, abcm2ps, ModSecurity, Linux kernel (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=652122 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100930 Re: CVE requests: POE::Component::IRC, Alien Arena, Babiloo, Typo3, abcm2ps, ModSecurity, Linux kernel (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=565790 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100623 kernel: thinkpad-acpi: lock down video output state access (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- kernel-thinkpad-dos(64580) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100930 Re: CVE requests: POE::Component::IRC, Alien Arena, Babiloo, Typo3, abcm2ps, ModSecurity, Linux kernel (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b525c06cdbd8a3963f0173ccd23f9147d4c384b5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-2126 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_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)
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