CVE-2004-0685

MediumCVSS 4.6/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.6/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Dec 23, 2004
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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