Is CVE-2010-4243 being actively exploited?

CVE-2010-4243 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-4243?

CVE-2010-4243 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.9 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2010-4243

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.9%EU EUVD

fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 does not enable the OOM Killer to assess use of stack memory by arrays representing the (1) arguments and (2) environment, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted exec system call, aka an "OOM dodging issue," a related issue to CVE-2010-3858.

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-400
EPSS score: 0.9% (60th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2010-4216)
Published: January 22, 2011
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-4216 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

linux / linux kernel

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3c77f845722158206a7209c45ccddc264d19319c
http://grsecurity.net/~spender/64bit_dos.c(Broken Link)
http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Kernel/2010-11/msg13278.html(Broken Link)
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/27/429(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/29/206(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/138(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/378(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/22/15(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/22/6(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42884(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15619(Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45004(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625688(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64700(VDB Entry)

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

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