Is CVE-2010-1148 being actively exploited?

CVE-2010-1148 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-1148?

CVE-2010-1148 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.7 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2010-1148

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.7EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD

The cifs_create function in fs/cifs/dir.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.33.2 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a NULL nameidata (aka nd) field in a POSIX file-creation request to a server that supports UNIX extensions.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.7 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-476
EPSS score: 0.5% (46th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2010-1179)
Published: April 12, 2010
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-1179 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

linux / linux kernel

References

http://lists.samba.org/archive/linux-cifs-client/2010-April/005741.html(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.samba.org/archive/linux-cifs-client/2010-April/005742.html(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.samba.org/archive/linux-cifs-client/2010-April/005746.html(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.samba.org/archive/linux-cifs-client/2010-April/005757.html(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127045754521927&w=2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127045779122119&w=2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/06/2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/39344(Broken Link)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39186(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://xorl.wordpress.com/2010/04/05/linux-kernel-unix-extensions-cifs-null-pointer-dereference/(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=579445(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57561(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)

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

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