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CVE-2010-0410

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-0410 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel (before 2.6.32.8) affecting various distributions including Canonical and Debian. A local attacker can exploit this by sending numerous NETLINK_CONNECTOR messages, leading to excessive memory consumption and a system crash. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9, indicating low attack complexity and no authentication required, but only local access. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.6.32.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.06CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
8.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.9MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
36.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0045 is in the 68th 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 redhat_api
Product: MRG for RHEL-5Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:2.6.24.7-149.el5rt
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-194.3.1.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-0410Moderate

kernel: OOM/crash in drivers/connector

Feb 2, 2010

References

git.kernel.org
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035070.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035159.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00000.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00006.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00007.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/38492
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/38557
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/38779
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/38922
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/39033
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/39649
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/39742
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/43315
Third Party Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10903
Third Party Advisory
support.avaya.com / css/P8/documents/100088287
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2010/dsa-1996
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2010/dsa-2005
Third Party Advisory
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.8
PatchVendor Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Third Party Advisory
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2010_23_kernel.html
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/02/03/1
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/02/03/3
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0161.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0398.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/38058
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-914-1
Third Party Advisory
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/0638
Third Party Advisory