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CVE-2010-1084

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-1084 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Linux kernel versions 2.6.18 through 2.6.33, stemming from memory corruption. Remote attackers can trigger this by creating a large number of Bluetooth sockets, impacting sysfs file handling in various Bluetooth kernel modules. With a CVSS score of 7.1, this vulnerability is considered high severity, requiring medium attack complexity but no authentication, and leading to a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.6.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.18.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.18.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.18.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.18.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.1HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.98%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0298 is in the 44th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 (3)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: MRG for RHEL-5Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:2.6.24.7-161.el5rt
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-1084Important

kernel: bluetooth: potential bad memory access with sysfs files

Mar 21, 2010

References

git.kernel.org
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/39830
secunia.com / advisories/43315
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2010-1084
debian.org / security/2010/dsa-2053
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/03/23/1
Patch
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0610.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/38898
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html