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CVE-2010-1488

13
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-1488 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel, specifically within the proc_oom_score function in fs/proc/base.c, affecting versions prior to 2.6.34-rc4. This flaw stems from inappropriate data structure usage during OOM killer candidate selection. With a CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), it is a low-severity local vulnerability, requiring local access and leading only to a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low exploitation risk.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.6.34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
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

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
26.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0034 is in the 21st percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-1488

kernel: oom: fix the unsafe usage of badness() in proc_oom_score()

References

git.kernel.org
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.34-rc4
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/04/14/1