Is CVE-2010-3859 being actively exploited?

CVE-2010-3859 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-3859?

CVE-2010-3859 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.9 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2010-3859

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD

Multiple integer signedness errors in the TIPC implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted sendmsg call that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, related to the tipc_msg_build function in net/tipc/msg.c and the verify_iovec function in net/core/iovec.c.

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.9 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-787
EPSS score: 0.4% (34th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2010-3838)
Published: December 29, 2010
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-3838 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

debian / debian linux
linux / linux kernel

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=253eacc070b114c2ec1f81b067d2fed7305467b0
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8acfe468b0384e834a303f08ebc4953d72fb690a
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=128770476511716&w=2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42789(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42963(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/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2(Broken Link)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/22/2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/22/5(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44354(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145247.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145248.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145262.html(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145263.html(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145264.html(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145265.html(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145352.html(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=645867(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)

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

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