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CVE-2010-0741

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-0741 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the virtio-net driver within the Linux kernel (before 2.6.26), specifically when used with qemu-kvm 0.11.0 or KVM 83. This flaw, related to an improper TCP Segment Offloading (TSO) implementation, allows remote attackers to crash a guest OS and its associated qemu-kvm process by sending a large volume of network traffic to a TCP port on the guest. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and a complete availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.8HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0352 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kvm-0:83-164.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for RHEL-5Fixed in: rhev-hypervisor-0:5.5-2.2.4.2.el5rhev
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-0741Important

qemu: Improper handling of erroneous data provided by Linux virtio-net driver

Oct 22, 2009

References

git.kernel.org
lists.gnu.org / archive/html/qemu-devel/2009-10/msg02480.html
lists.gnu.org / archive/html/qemu-devel/2009-10/msg02495.html
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/03/29/4
bugs.edge.launchpad.net / ubuntu/+source/qemu-kvm/+bug/458521
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
securitytracker.com / id
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11143
patchwork.kernel.org / patch/56479
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2010-0476.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0271.html
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/0760
Vendor Advisory