CVE-2010-3873
The X.25 implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 does not properly parse facilities, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via malformed (1)…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.74%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The X.25 implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 does not properly parse facilities, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via malformed (1) X25_FAC_CALLING_AE or (2) X25_FAC_CALLED_AE data, related to net/x25/x25_facilities.c and net/x25/x25_in.c, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-4164.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.74% probability · 90th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · opensuse/opensuse · suse/linux enterprise server · debian/debian linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 3.7% 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.
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a6331d6f9a4298173b413cf99a40cc86a9d92c37
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/03/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/3Mailing List, Third 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-2011:029Third Party Advisory
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145786.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145873.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=649693Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a6331d6f9a4298173b413cf99a40cc86a9d92c37
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/03/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/3Mailing List, Third 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-2011:029Third Party Advisory
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145786.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145873.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=649693Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.