What is CVE-2010-4529?

CVE-2010-4529 is a Low severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 2.1 out of 10. CVE-2010-4529 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-4529?

CVE-2010-4529 has a CVSS score of 2.1 out of 10, rated Low severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2010-4529?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2010-4529 patch availability.

Is CVE-2010-4529 actively exploited?

CVE-2010-4529 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2010-4529

Low

Integer underflow in the irda_getsockopt function in net/irda/af_irda.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 on platforms other than x86 allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory via an IRLMP_ENUMDEVICES getsockopt call.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2011-01-13

Last modified 2026-04-29

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

2.1

out of 10

Low

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-191

CVE-2010-4529 is classified as CWE-191

See CWE-191 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

10 total

Openwall
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/23/1

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
Spinics
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg150842.html

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
Kernel Git
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fdac1e0697356ac212259f2147aa60c72e334861
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html

Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Openwall
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/03/1

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2010-4529

Severity Low

CVSS score 2.1 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2011-01-13

Modified 2026-04-29

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-4529?

CVE-2010-4529 is a Low severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 2.1 out of 10 . CVE-2010-4529 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-4529?

CVE-2010-4529 has a CVSS score of 2.1 out of 10, rated Low severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2010-4529?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2010-4529 patch availability.
Is CVE-2010-4529 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2010-4529 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.