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CVE-2010-1173

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-1173 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel (2.6.33.3 and earlier) affecting systems with SCTP enabled. Remote attackers can crash the system by sending an SCTPChunkInit packet with multiple invalid parameters, leading to excessive error data generation. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.1, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector and complete availability impact. While not actively exploited in the wild, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding it.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.6.33.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
21.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-14594 · Aug 9, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2124 is in the 88th 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 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 4Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-1173Important

kernel: sctp: crash due to malformed SCTPChunkInit packet

Apr 29, 2010

References

article.gmane.org / gmane.linux.network/159531
ExploitPatch
git.kernel.org
kbase.redhat.com / faq/docs/DOC-31052
marc.info
Exploit
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/39830
secunia.com / advisories/40218
secunia.com / advisories/43315
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11416
debian.org / security/2010/dsa-2053
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/04/29/1
Exploit
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/04/29/6
Exploit
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0474.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html