Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

19 Linux Kernel CVEs in December 2010

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In December 2010, 19 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 2 were rated High severity and 11 Medium. CVE-2010-3904 was confirmed as actively exploited in the wild and added to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. December's 19 CVEs represent 15% of all 2010 Linux kernel CVEs , down from November's 22 (a 14% month-over-month decrease) .

19
Total CVEs
0
Critical
2
High
11
Medium
6
Low
1
KEV Exploited

Actively Exploited CVEs — December 2010

1 CVE in CISA KEV

CVE-2010-3904 is the only Linux kernel CVE from December 2010 confirmed as actively exploited in the wild. It carries a CVSS score of 7.8 (High severity) and is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE ID Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2010-3904 High KEV 7.8 2010-12-06 The rds_page_copy_user function in net/rds/page.c in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol i…
KEV data sourced from CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
All CVEs — December 2010 19 CVEs
All (19) Critical (0) High (2) Medium (11) Low (6)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2010-3904 linux High KEV 7.8 2010-12-06 The rds_page_copy_user function in net/rds/page.c in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation in the…
CVE-2010-4342 linux High 7.1 2010-12-30 The aun_incoming function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc6, when Econet is enabled, allo…
CVE-2010-3848 linux Medium 6.9 2010-12-30 Stack-based buffer overflow in the econet_sendmsg function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.…
CVE-2010-3859 linux Medium 6.9 2010-12-29 Multiple integer signedness errors in the TIPC implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 allow local users to …
CVE-2010-4347 linux Medium 6.9 2010-12-22 The ACPI subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 uses 0222 permissions for the debugfs custom_method file, which …
CVE-2010-4258 linux Medium 6.2 2010-12-30 The do_exit function in kernel/exit.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 does not properly handle a KERNEL_DS get_fs v…
CVE-2010-4157 linux Medium 6.2 2010-12-10 Integer overflow in the ioc_general function in drivers/scsi/gdth.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.1 on 64-bit platf…
CVE-2010-4343 linux Medium 5.5 2010-12-29 drivers/scsi/bfa/bfa_core.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 does not initialize a certain port data structure, which …
CVE-2010-4161 linux Medium 4.9 2010-12-30 The udp_queue_rcv_skb function in net/ipv4/udp.c in a certain Red Hat build of the Linux kernel 2.6.18 in Red Hat Enter…
CVE-2010-3880 linux Medium 4.9 2010-12-10 net/ipv4/inet_diag.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 does not properly audit INET_DIAG bytecode, which allows loc…
CVE-2010-3066 linux Medium 4.9 2010-12-06 The io_submit_one function in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23 allows local users to cause a denial of servic…
CVE-2010-3849 linux Medium 4.7 2010-12-30 The econet_sendmsg function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2, when an econet address is co…
CVE-2010-3874 linux Medium 4.0 2010-12-29 Heap-based buffer overflow in the bcm_connect function in net/can/bcm.c (aka the Broadcast Manager) in the Controller A…
CVE-2010-3850 linux Low 2.1 2010-12-30 The ec_dev_ioctl function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 does not require the CAP_NET_AD…
CVE-2010-4158 linux Low 2.1 2010-12-30 The sk_run_filter function in net/core/filter.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 does not check whether a certain me…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in December 2010?

19 Linux kernel CVEs were published in December 2010, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated Critical severity, 2 High, and 11 Medium.

Which Linux kernel CVEs from December 2010 are actively exploited?

1 Linux kernel CVE from December 2010 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: CVE-2010-3904 (CVSS 7.8) . This indicates confirmed active exploitation in the wild. View all actively exploited 2010 CVEs →

How does December 2010 compare to other months?

December 2010's 19 CVEs represent 15% of all 2010 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to November's 22 CVEs, this was a 14% decrease month-over-month. View the full 2010 breakdown →

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