{"id":"CVE-2010-4263","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2010-4263","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:05:47.961Z","title":"The igb_receive_skb function in drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c in the Intel Gigabit Ethernet (aka igb) subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34, when Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) and promiscuous mode are enabled but no VLANs are registered,…","description":"The igb_receive_skb function in drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c in the Intel Gigabit Ethernet (aka igb) subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34, when Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) and promiscuous mode are enabled but no VLANs are registered, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) and possibly have unspecified other impact via a VLAN tagged frame.","published":"2011-01-18T18:03:08.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:24:28.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.9,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-476"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel","vmware/esx","vmware/esxi"],"epss":{"score":0.02939,"percentile":0.8702,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.94%). 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