CVE Catalog

CVE-2003-0699

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The C-Media PCI sound driver in Linux before version 2.4.21 does not use the get_user function to access userspace, which crosses security boundaries and may facilitate the exploitation of vulnerabilities.

Risk Assessment

Crossing security boundaries may lead to privilege escalation or other attacks on the system, posing a serious threat to data integrity and confidentiality.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux system to version 2.4.21 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The C-Media PCI sound driver in Linux before 2.4.21 does not use the get_user function to access userspace, which crosses security boundaries and may facilitate the exploitation of vulnerabilities, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-0700.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS