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CVE-2010-3611

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-3611 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting ISC DHCP server versions 4.0.x, 4.1.x, and 4.2.x prior to specific patch levels. Remote attackers can trigger a NULL pointer dereference and crash by sending a crafted DHCPv6 Relay-Forward message lacking an address in its link-address field. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact, but no confidentiality or integrity compromise. 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
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.0.1:b1:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.0.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
9.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0940 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: dhcp-12:4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-3611Moderate

dhcp: NULL pointer dereference crash via crafted DHCPv6 packet

Nov 2, 2010

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050766.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051287.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00005.html
osvdb.org / 68999
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/42082
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/42345
secunia.com / advisories/42407
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/62965
isc.org / software/dhcp/advisories/cve-2010-3611
Vendor Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/102047
US Government Resource
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0923.html
securityfocus.com / bid/44615
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/2879
PatchVendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/3044
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/3092