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CVE-2010-3437

34
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-3437 is an integer signedness error in the Linux kernel's pktcdvd driver, affecting various Linux distributions including Canonical, Debian, openSUSE, and SUSE. This local vulnerability allows an unprivileged attacker to obtain sensitive kernel memory information or trigger a system crash via a crafted ioctl call. With a CVSS score of 6.6, it presents a high impact on confidentiality and availability, requiring low attack complexity. While not actively exploited in the wild or on CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists, and it has a high FAUCET Risk Score despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.6.36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.36:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.36:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.36:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.36:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.6MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
9.2
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-15150 · Sep 29, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0240 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 3,052 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.32-71.7.1.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-3437Moderate

kernel: pktcdvd ioctl dev_minor missing range check

Sep 28, 2010

References

git.kernel.org
jon.oberheide.org / files/cve-2010-3437.c
ExploitThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/42778
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/42801
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/42932
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2010/dsa-2126
Third Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/15150
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.36-rc6
Broken Link
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/09/28/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/09/28/6
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/43551
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1000-1
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0012
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0124
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0298
Third Party Advisory