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CVE-2010-3873

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-3873 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the X.25 implementation of the Linux kernel, affecting versions prior to 2.6.36.2, including Debian, openSUSE, and SUSE distributions. This flaw stems from improper parsing of X.25 facilities, allowing remote attackers to trigger heap memory corruption and system panics through malformed X25_FAC_CALLING_AE or X25_FAC_CALLED_AE data. With a CVSS score of 5.0, it is a medium-severity vulnerability that can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to a partial impact on availability. 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
< 2.6.36.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0374 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 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 (1)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-3873

kernel: memory corruption in X.25 facilities parsing

References

git.kernel.org
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/11/03/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/3
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/43291
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2010/dsa-2126
Third Party Advisory
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2
Broken Link
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Third Party Advisory
spinics.net / lists/netdev/msg145786.html
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
spinics.net / lists/netdev/msg145873.html
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0375
Third Party Advisory