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CVE-2017-10810

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-10810 describes a memory leak vulnerability in the virtio_gpu_object_create function within the Linux kernel, affecting versions through 4.11.8, including Debian distributions. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to trigger object-initialization failures, leading to a denial of service through memory exhaustion. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), it is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, resulting in high availability impact. There is currently 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
>= 4.2, < 4.4.77CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.5, < 4.9.37CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.10, < 4.11.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.76%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0376 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-alt
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-10810Low

Kernel: virtio-gpu: memory leakage while creating gpu object

Apr 6, 2017

References

git.kernel.org / cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/385aee965b4e4c36551c362a334378d2985b722a
PatchThird Party Advisory
lkml.org / lkml/2017/4/6/668
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3927
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/99433
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry