Is CVE-2010-3442 being actively exploited?

CVE-2010-3442 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-3442?

CVE-2010-3442 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.7 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2010-3442

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.7EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD

Multiple integer overflows in the snd_ctl_new function in sound/core/control.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc5-next-20100929 allow local users to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted (1) SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_ADD or (2) SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_REPLACE ioctl call.

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-190
EPSS score: 0.4% (32th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2010-3440)
Published: October 4, 2010
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-3440 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
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
fedoraproject / fedora
linux / linux kernel
linux / linux kernel
linux / linux kernel
linux / linux kernel
linux / linux kernel
linux / linux kernel
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
suse / linux enterprise desktop
suse / linux enterprise real time extension
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise software development kit

Certified products that may be affected

2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 9 with Service Pack 2, ProPack 4 for Service Pack 2 and certification-sles-sgi-eal3 package - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0292-2005 - archived
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 9 with certification-sles-ibm-eal4 package - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0256-2005 - archived

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5591bf07225523600450edd9e6ad258bb877b779
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42400(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42745(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42778(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42789(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42801(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/43291(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/patch-v2.6.36-rc5-next-20100928.bz2(Broken Link)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:257(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/29/2(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/29/3(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/29/4(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/29/9(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0936.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43787(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3113(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638478(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)

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

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