CVE-2010-3849
The econet_sendmsg function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2, when an econet address is configured, allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a sendmsg call that specifies a NULL…
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 0.7%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
The econet_sendmsg function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2, when an econet address is configured, allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a sendmsg call that specifies a NULL value for the remote address field.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.7 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.71% probability · 53th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 7 December 2010
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · suse/linux enterprise desktop · suse/linux enterprise real time extension · suse/linux enterprise server · suse/linux enterprise software development kit · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 0.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-12/0086.htmlBroken Link
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fa0e846494792e722d817b9d3d625a4ef4896c96
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00007.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/30/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43056Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43291Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2Broken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:257Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1023-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0213Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=644156Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-12/0086.htmlBroken Link
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fa0e846494792e722d817b9d3d625a4ef4896c96
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00007.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/30/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43056Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43291Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2Broken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:257Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1023-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0213Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.