Is CVE-2010-4169 being actively exploited?

CVE-2010-4169 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-4169?

CVE-2010-4169 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.9 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2010-4169

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD

Use-after-free vulnerability in mm/mprotect.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 allows local users to cause a denial of service via vectors involving an mprotect system call.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.9 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-416
EPSS score: 0.4% (37th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2010-4145)
Published: November 22, 2010
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-4145 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

fedoraproject / fedora
linux / linux kernel
linux / linux kernel
linux / linux kernel
opensuse / opensuse
suse / linux enterprise desktop
suse / linux enterprise real time extension
suse / linux enterprise server

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=63bfd7384b119409685a17d5c58f0b56e5dc03da
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html(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://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128979684911295&w=2(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128984344103497&w=2(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42745(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42778(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42932(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc2(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44861(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
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/2011/0124(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651671(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/63316(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)

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

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