Vulnerability Report

CVE-2004-0685

Title: Linux kernel USB drivers uninitialized structures information disclosure

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2004-0685.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Dec 23, 2004
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 4.6 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.48%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2004-0685: 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.

Impacted Vendors

U
ubuntu 1
L
linux 1
T
trustix 1
E
engardelinux 1
R
redhat 2

Reference Links

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=127921 http://secunia.com/advisories/20162 http://secunia.com/advisories/20163 http://secunia.com/advisories/20202 http://secunia.com/advisories/20338 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1067 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1069 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1070 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1082 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-24.xml http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/981134 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-504.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-505.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10892 http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?id=14580 http://www.trustix.net/errata/2004/0041/ https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2336 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16931 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10665 http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=127921 http://secunia.com/advisories/20162 http://secunia.com/advisories/20163 http://secunia.com/advisories/20202 http://secunia.com/advisories/20338 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1067 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1069 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1070 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1082 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-24.xml http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/981134 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-504.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-505.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10892 http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?id=14580 http://www.trustix.net/errata/2004/0041/ https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2336 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16931 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10665
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.6
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2004-0685 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.