Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

7 Linux Kernel CVEs in January 2010

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In January 2010, 7 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 5 were rated High severity and 1 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. January's 7 CVEs represent 6% of all 2010 Linux kernel CVEs , down from December's 10 (a 30% month-over-month decrease) .

7
Total CVEs
0
Critical
5
High
1
Medium
1
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — January 2010 7 CVEs
All (7) Critical (0) High (5) Medium (1) Low (1)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2009-4538 linux High 10.0 2010-01-12 drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c in the e1000e driver in the Linux kernel 2.6.32.3 and earlier does not properly check the s…
CVE-2009-4537 linux High 7.8 2010-01-12 drivers/net/r8169.c in the r8169 driver in the Linux kernel 2.6.32.3 and earlier does not properly check the size of an…
CVE-2009-4536 linux High 7.8 2010-01-12 drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c in the e1000 driver in the Linux kernel 2.6.32.3 and earlier handles Ethernet frames tha…
CVE-2009-4141 linux High 7.2 2010-01-19 Use-after-free vulnerability in the fasync_helper function in fs/fcntl.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33-rc4-git1 all…
CVE-2010-0006 linux High 7.1 2010-01-26 The ipv6_hop_jumbo function in net/ipv6/exthdrs.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32.4, when network namespaces are enab…
CVE-2010-0003 linux Medium 5.4 2010-01-26 The print_fatal_signal function in kernel/signal.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32.4 on the i386 platform, when print…
CVE-2010-0007 linux Low 2.1 2010-01-19 net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c in the ebtables module in the netfilter framework in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33-rc4…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in January 2010?

7 Linux kernel CVEs were published in January 2010, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated Critical severity, 5 High, and 1 Medium.

How does January 2010 compare to other months?

January 2010's 7 CVEs represent 6% of all 2010 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to December's 10 CVEs, this was a 30% decrease month-over-month. View the full 2010 breakdown →

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