CVE-2010-4251

Key facts

CVSS score

7.5 (v3.1)

Severity

HIGH

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-400

EPSS score

3.9% (90th percentile)

In CISA KEV

No

In EU EUVD

Yes (EUVD-2010-4224)

Published

May 26, 2011

NVD last modified

June 16, 2026

Status

Modified

Affected products

• linux / linux kernel
• redhat / enterprise linux
• vmware / esx
• vmware / esx

Certified products that may be affected

8 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module v4.0 with CPACF - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 2798 - historical
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module v4.0 - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 2742 - historical
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Libreswan Cryptographic Module v4.0 - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 2721 - historical
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux NSS Cryptographic Module v4.0 - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 2711 - historical
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux libgcrypt Cryptographic Module v4.0 [1] and Red Hat Enterprise Linux libgcrypt Cryptographic Module v5.0 [2] - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 2657 - historical

See all 8 in the Security Certifications Explorer.

References

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8eae939f1400326b06d0c9afe53d2a484a326871
• http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-netdev/2010/3/3/6271093/thread(Broken Link)
• http://secunia.com/advisories/46397(Broken Link)
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34(Broken Link)
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46637(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=657303(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)