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CVE-2010-3858

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-3858 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel (before version 2.6.36) affecting 32-bit applications on 64-bit platforms when CONFIG_STACK_GROWSDOWN is enabled. This flaw allows local users to crash the system via a crafted exec system call due to improper stack memory restriction for arguments and environment. With a CVSS score of 4.9 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C), it indicates a low-complexity local attack leading to a complete system availability loss. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-15619) exists, and the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.6.36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
10.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.9MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.91%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
56.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-15619 · Nov 26, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0091 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 3,052 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (4)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: MRG for RHEL-5Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:2.6.33.7-rt29.47.el5rt
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-194.32.1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.32-131.2.1.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-3858Moderate

kernel: setup_arg_pages: diagnose excessive argument size

Aug 13, 2010

References

git.kernel.org
grsecurity.net / ~spender/64bit_dos.c
Broken Link
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/42758
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/42789
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/46397
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2010/dsa-2126
Third Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/15619
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36
Broken Link
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/10/21/1
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/10/22/4
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/44301
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1041-1
Third Party Advisory
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0024
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0070
Third Party Advisory