What is CVE-2010-1086?

CVE-2010-1086 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10. CVE-2010-1086 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-1086?

CVE-2010-1086 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-2010-1086?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2010-1086 patch availability.

Is CVE-2010-1086 actively exploited?

CVE-2010-1086 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2010-1086

High

The ULE decapsulation functionality in drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_net.c in dvb-core in Linux kernel 2.6.33 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted MPEG2-TS frame, related to an invalid Payload Pointer ULE.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2010-04-06

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

Weakness type

CWE-399

CVE-2010-1086 is classified as CWE-399

See CWE-399 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

18 total

Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/01/1

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=569237

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
Kernel Git
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=29e1fa3565a7951cc415c634eb2b78dbdbee151d
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00007.html

Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/39649

Third Party Advisory

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2010-1086

Severity High

CVSS score 7.8 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2010-04-06

Modified 2026-04-29

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-1086?

CVE-2010-1086 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10 . CVE-2010-1086 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-1086?

CVE-2010-1086 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-2010-1086?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2010-1086 patch availability.
Is CVE-2010-1086 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2010-1086 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.