What is CVE-2010-3437?

CVE-2010-3437 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.6 out of 10, classified as a NULL Pointer Dereference flaw (CWE-476). CVE-2010-3437 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-3437?

CVE-2010-3437 has a CVSS score of 6.6 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2010-3437?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2010-3437 patch availability.

Is CVE-2010-3437 actively exploited?

CVE-2010-3437 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)?

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL, typically causing a crash. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

CVE-2010-3437

Medium

Integer signedness error in the pkt_find_dev_from_minor function in drivers/block/pktcdvd.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc6 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted index value in a PKT_CTRL_CMD_STATUS ioctl call.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2010-10-04

Last modified 2026-04-29

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

6.6

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-476

CVE-2010-3437 is a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability

What is NULL Pointer Dereference?

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL, typically causing a crash. Learn more on MITRE CWE

References

24 total

Jon
http://jon.oberheide.org/files/cve-2010-3437.c

Exploit Third Party Advisory
Exploit-DB
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15150/

Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638085

Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
Kernel Git
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=252a52aa4fa22a668f019e55b3aac3ff71ec1c29
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.html

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2010-3437

Severity Medium

CVSS score 6.6 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2010-10-04

Modified 2026-04-29

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-3437?

CVE-2010-3437 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.6 out of 10 , classified as a NULL Pointer Dereference flaw (CWE-476) . CVE-2010-3437 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-3437?

CVE-2010-3437 has a CVSS score of 6.6 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2010-3437?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2010-3437 patch availability.
Is CVE-2010-3437 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2010-3437 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.