Is CVE-2010-0410 being actively exploited?

CVE-2010-0410 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-0410?

CVE-2010-0410 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.9 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2010-0410

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD

drivers/connector/connector.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and system crash) by sending the kernel many NETLINK_CONNECTOR messages.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.9 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-399
EPSS score: 0.4% (39th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2010-0441)
Published: February 22, 2010
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-0441 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
linux / linux kernel

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f98bfbd78c37c5946cc53089da32a5f741efdeb7
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035070.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035159.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00006.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00007.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/38492(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/38557(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/38779(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/38922(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/39033(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/39649(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/39742(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/43315(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100088287(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1996(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2005(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.8(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:088(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2010_23_kernel.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/03/1(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/03/3(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0161.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0398.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38058(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-914-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0638(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=561682(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10903(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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