Is CVE-2010-4072 being actively exploited?

CVE-2010-4072 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-4072?

CVE-2010-4072 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 1.9 (LOW).

CVE-2010-4072

LOW · CVSS 1.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD

The copy_shmid_to_user function in ipc/shm.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc1 does not initialize a certain structure, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via vectors related to the shmctl system call and the "old shm interface."

Key facts

CVSS score: 1.9 (v2.0)
Severity: LOW
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-200
EPSS score: 0.4% (31th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2010-4048)
Published: November 29, 2010
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-4048 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
debian / debian linux
linux / linux kernel
linux / linux kernel
opensuse / opensuse
suse / linux enterprise desktop
suse / linux enterprise desktop
suse / linux enterprise real time extension
suse / linux enterprise server
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/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3af54c9bd9e6f14f896aac1bb0e8405ae0bc7a44
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/msg00004.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://lkml.org/lkml/2010/10/6/454(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42758(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42778(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42884(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42890(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42932(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42963(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/43161(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/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc1(Broken Link)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:051(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/07/1(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/25/3(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.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/45054(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1057-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0280(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=648656(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)

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

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