Is CVE-2010-1086 being actively exploited?

CVE-2010-1086 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

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

CVE-2010-1086 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

CVE-2010-1086

HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 3.6%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.8 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-399
EPSS score: 3.6% (90th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2010-1118)
Published: April 6, 2010
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-1118 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

debian / debian linux
linux / linux kernel

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=29e1fa3565a7951cc415c634eb2b78dbdbee151d
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00007.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/39649(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/39742(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/39830(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/43315(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100088287(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100090459(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2053(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2010_23_kernel.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/01/1(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0394.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/38479(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=569237(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10569(Third Party Advisory)

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

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