CVE-2011-1010
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in the mac_partition function in fs/partitions/mac.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed Mac OS partition table.
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-120
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (44th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-1027)
- Published
- March 1, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-1027 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fa7ea87a057958a8b7926c1a60a3ca6d696328ed
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/22/11(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/22/15(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/22/3(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397(Third Party Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8115(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37.2(Broken Link)
- http://www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2011-01.txt(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516615/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46492(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025126(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=679282(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65643(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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