Is CVE-2010-3301 being actively exploited?

CVE-2010-3301 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-3301?

CVE-2010-3301 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

CVE-2010-3301

HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 3.7%EU EUVD

The IA32 system call emulation functionality in arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc4-git2 on the x86_64 platform does not zero extend the %eax register after the 32-bit entry path to ptrace is used, which allows local users to gain privileges by triggering an out-of-bounds access to the system call table using the %rax register. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2007-4573 regression.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.2 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-269
EPSS score: 3.7% (90th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2010-3299)
Published: September 22, 2010
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-3299 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
linux / linux kernel
linux / linux kernel
linux / linux kernel
linux / linux kernel
linux / linux kernel
suse / linux enterprise real time extension

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=36d001c70d8a0144ac1d038f6876c484849a74de
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eefdca043e8391dcd719711716492063030b55ac
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42758(Third Party Advisory)
http://sota.gen.nz/compat2/(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.36-rc4-git2.log(Broken Link)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:247(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/16/1(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/16/3(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3117(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=634449(Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)

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

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