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CVE-2004-0075 json

The Vicam USB driver in Linux before 2.4.25 does not use the copy_from_user function when copying data from userspace to kernel space, whic…

published 2004-03-15 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-0075

cvss
2.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 33%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The Vicam USB driver in Linux before 2.4.25 does not use the copy_from_user function when copying data from userspace to kernel space, which crosses security boundaries and allows local users to cause a denial of service.

Patch / fix

  • kernel RHEL 3 2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
  • kernel-smp RHEL 3 2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
  • kernel-BOOT RHEL 3 2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
  • kernel-source RHEL 3 2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
  • kernel-hugemem RHEL 3 2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
  • kernel-unsupported RHEL 3 2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
  • kernel-smp-unsupported RHEL 3 2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
  • kernel-hugemem-unsupported RHEL 3 2.4.21-27.0.4.EL

red hat advisories RHSA-2005:293

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2004-0075 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 kernel 2.4.21-27.0.4.EL, kernel-smp 2.4.21-27.0.4.EL, kernel-BOOT 2.4.21-27.0.4.EL, kernel-source 2.4.21-27.0.4.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.4.21-27.0.4.EL, kernel-unsupported 2.4.21-27.0.4.EL, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 kernel 2.4.21-27.0.4.EL, kernel-smp 2.4.21-27.0.4.EL, kernel-BOOT 2.4.21-27.0.4.EL, kernel-source 2.4.21-27.0.4.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.4.21-27.0.4.EL, kernel-unsupported 2.4.21-27.0.4.EL, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 kernel 2.4.21-27.0.4.EL, kernel-smp 2.4.21-27.0.4.EL, kernel-BOOT 2.4.21-27.0.4.EL, kernel-source 2.4.21-27.0.4.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.4.21-27.0.4.EL, kernel-unsupported 2.4.21-27.0.4.EL, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 kernel 2.4.21-27.0.4.EL, kernel-smp 2.4.21-27.0.4.EL, kernel-BOOT 2.4.21-27.0.4.EL, kernel-source 2.4.21-27.0.4.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.4.21-27.0.4.EL, kernel-unsupported 2.4.21-27.0.4.EL, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:293
  • Red Hat Linux 9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2004:065

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Exploit prediction

0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

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References

Sources

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