What is CVE-2010-4078?

CVE-2010-4078 is a Low severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 1.9 out of 10. CVE-2010-4078 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-4078?

CVE-2010-4078 has a CVSS score of 1.9 out of 10, rated Low severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2010-4078?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2010-4078 patch availability.

Is CVE-2010-4078 actively exploited?

CVE-2010-4078 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2010-4078

Low

The sisfb_ioctl function in drivers/video/sis/sis_main.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc6 does not properly initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via an FBIOGET_VBLANK ioctl call.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2010-11-29

Last modified 2026-04-29

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

1.9

out of 10

Low

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Vector string

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weakness type

CWE-909

CVE-2010-4078 is classified as CWE-909

See CWE-909 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

18 total

Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/25/2

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/07/1

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/25/3

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648665

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
Kernel Git
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fd02db9de73faebc51240619c7c7f99bee9f65c7

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2010-4078

Severity Low

CVSS score 1.9 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2010-11-29

Modified 2026-04-29

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-4078?

CVE-2010-4078 is a Low severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 1.9 out of 10 . CVE-2010-4078 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-4078?

CVE-2010-4078 has a CVSS score of 1.9 out of 10, rated Low severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2010-4078?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2010-4078 patch availability.
Is CVE-2010-4078 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2010-4078 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.