CVE-2010-4263 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the Intel Gigabit Ethernet (igb) subsystem in the Linux kernel before version 2.6.34, as well as VMware ESX and ESXi. Specifically, it involves a NULL pointer dereference in the igb_receive_skb function when SR-IOV and promiscuous mode are enabled without registered VLANs, triggered by a VLAN tagged frame. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.9, indicating a critical impact with complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise, and can be exploited by an adjacent attacker with medium attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.6.34CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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