CVE-2010-2524

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 35.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2010-09-08 19:00Z15 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 02:39Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2010-06-30

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.1

Document digest

e1e9634799b50372e7280609f7264afd8337e916149de292ada4a122d5954e23

• www.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0610http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0610.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-1000-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• marc.info[oss-security] 20100802 Re: CVE-2010-2524 kernel: dns_resolver upcall security issuehttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128078387328921&w=2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2010:040http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00004.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35x_refsource_CONFIRM
• secunia.com43315http://secunia.com/advisories/43315third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• marc.info[oss-security] 20100802 CVE-2010-2524 kernel: dns_resolver upcall security issuehttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128072090331700&w=2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=612166x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com20110211 VMSA-2011-0003 Third party component updates for VMware vCenter Server, vCenter Update Manager, ESXi and ESXhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4c0c03ca54f72fdd5912516ad0a23ec5cf01bda7x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:172http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:172vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
• marc.info[oss-security] 20100803 Re: CVE-2010-2524 kernel: dns_resolver upcall security issuehttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128080755321157&w=2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST