Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

9 Linux Kernel CVEs in January 2010

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In January 2010, 9 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 6 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 9 CVEs represent 7% of all 2010 Linux kernel CVEs , down from December's 10 (a 10% month-over-month decrease) .

9
Total CVEs
0
Critical
6
High
1
Medium
2
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — January 2010 9 CVEs
All (9) Critical (0) High (6) Medium (1) Low (2)
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-2009-4536 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-2009-4537 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-2009-4272 linux High 7.5 2010-01-27 A certain Red Hat patch for net/ipv4/route.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 allows rem…
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…
CVE-2009-3556 linux Low 1.9 2010-01-27 A certain Red Hat configuration step for the qla2xxx driver in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHE…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in January 2010?

9 Linux kernel CVEs were published in January 2010, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated Critical severity, 6 High, and 1 Medium.

How does January 2010 compare to other months?

January 2010's 9 CVEs represent 7% of all 2010 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to December's 10 CVEs, this was a 10% decrease month-over-month. View the full 2010 breakdown →

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