Is CVE-2010-2492 being actively exploited?

CVE-2010-2492 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-2492?

CVE-2010-2492 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

CVE-2010-2492

HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD

Buffer overflow in the ecryptfs_uid_hash macro in fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c in the eCryptfs subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 might allow local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system crash) via unspecified vectors.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.8 (v3.1)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-120
EPSS score: 0.4% (38th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2010-2496)
Published: September 8, 2010
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-2496 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

avaya / aura communication manager
avaya / aura presence services
avaya / aura presence services
avaya / aura presence services
avaya / aura session manager
avaya / aura session manager
avaya / aura session manager
avaya / aura system manager
avaya / aura system manager
avaya / aura system manager
avaya / aura system manager
avaya / aura system platform
avaya / aura system platform
avaya / aura system platform
avaya / aura voice portal
avaya / aura voice portal
avaya / aura voice portal
avaya / iq
avaya / iq
linux / linux kernel
vmware / esx
vmware / esx

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a6f80fb7b5986fda663d94079d3bba0937a6b6ff
http://secunia.com/advisories/42890(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397(Broken Link)
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100113326(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35(Broken Link)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:172(Broken Link)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0723.html(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html(Broken Link)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611385(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)

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

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