Is CVE-2010-4249 being actively exploited?

CVE-2010-4249 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-4249?

CVE-2010-4249 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.9 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2010-4249

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.9%EU EUVD

The wait_for_unix_gc function in net/unix/garbage.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc3-next-20101125 does not properly select times for garbage collection of inflight sockets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via crafted use of the socketpair and sendmsg system calls for SOCK_SEQPACKET sockets.

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% (59th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2010-4222)
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-2010-4222 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
linux / linux kernel

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9915672d41273f5b77f1b3c29b391ffb7732b84b
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/23/395(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/23/450(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/11/25/8(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=129059035929046&w=2(Exploit, Mailing List, Patch)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42354(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42745(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42890(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42963(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15622/(Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/patch-v2.6.37-rc3-next-20101125.bz2(Broken Link)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/10(Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/2(Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.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/45037(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656756(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)

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

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