What is CVE-2010-5329?

CVE-2010-5329 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10. CVE-2010-5329 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-5329?

CVE-2010-5329 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2010-5329?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2010-5329. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2010-5329 actively exploited?

CVE-2010-5329 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2010-5329

Medium

The video_usercopy function in drivers/media/video/v4l2-ioctl.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 relies on the count value of a v4l2_ext_controls data structure to determine a kmalloc size, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large value.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2017-04-24

Last modified 2026-05-13

CVSS version 3.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.0 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-399

CVE-2010-5329 is classified as CWE-399

See CWE-399 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2010-5329 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Linuxtv
http://linuxtv.org/irc/v4l/index.php?date=2010-07-29

Third Party Advisory
Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/08/4

Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97986
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fc0a80798576f80ca10b3f6c9c7097f12fd1d64e
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fc0a80798576f80ca10b3f6c9c7097f12fd1d64e
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2010-5329

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.0

Published 2017-04-24

Modified 2026-05-13

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-5329?

CVE-2010-5329 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2010-5329 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-5329?

CVE-2010-5329 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.0). The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2010-5329?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2010-5329. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2010-5329 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2010-5329 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.