Is CVE-2010-3705 being actively exploited?

CVE-2010-3705 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-3705?

CVE-2010-3705 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 8.3 (HIGH).

CVE-2010-3705

HIGH · CVSS 8.3EPSS 2.0%EU EUVD

The sctp_auth_asoc_get_hmac function in net/sctp/auth.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not properly validate the hmac_ids array of an SCTP peer, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and panic) via a crafted value in the last element of this array.

Key facts

CVSS score: 8.3 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-400
EPSS score: 2.0% (81th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2010-3688)
Published: November 26, 2010
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-3688 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

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=51e97a12bef19b7e43199fc153cf9bd5f2140362
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128596992418814&w=2(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42745(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36(Broken Link)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/04/2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/04/7(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=640036(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)

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

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