What is CVE-2010-0437?

CVE-2010-0437 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10. CVE-2010-0437 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-0437?

CVE-2010-0437 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2010-0437?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2010-0437 patch availability.

Is CVE-2010-0437 actively exploited?

CVE-2010-0437 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2010-0437

High

The ip6_dst_lookup_tail function in net/ipv6/ip6_output.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27 does not properly handle certain circumstances involving an IPv6 TUN network interface and a large number of neighbors, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2010-03-24

Last modified 2026-04-29

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

7.8

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

References

13 total

Kernel.org
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11469

Exploit
Kernel Git
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e550dfb0c2c31b6363aa463a035fc9f8dcaa3c9b
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/39033
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/43315
Kernel.org
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2010-0437

Severity High

CVSS score 7.8 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2010-03-24

Modified 2026-04-29

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-0437?

CVE-2010-0437 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10 . CVE-2010-0437 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-0437?

CVE-2010-0437 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2010-0437?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2010-0437 patch availability.
Is CVE-2010-0437 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2010-0437 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.