01 Record
CVE-2010-4169
Use-after-free vulnerability in mm/mprotect.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 allows local users to cause a denial of service via vectors involving an mprotect system call.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in mm/mprotect.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 allows local users to cause a denial of service via vectors involving an mprotect system call.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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
- Equal to or higher than the score of 36.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2010-11-20 21:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 03:34Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-11-04
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416Use After FreeVariant
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 2d539a1ff99168aecf4b8b949465f8a4137ad194587c057b7cd29cc87383d90b
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2011:004http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html
- secunia.com42778http://secunia.com/advisories/42778
- www.securityfocus.com44861http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44861
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc2
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-18983http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=63bfd7384b119409685a17d5c58f0b56e5dc03da
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2011:001http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html
- secunia.com42932http://secunia.com/advisories/42932
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comkernel-perfeventmmap-dos(63316)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/63316
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0124http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651671
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2011:007http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-3321http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0298http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0958http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html
- marc.info[oss-security] 20101115 Re: CVE request: kernel: perf bughttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128984344103497&w=2
- marc.info[oss-security] 20101115 CVE request: kernel: perf bughttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128979684911295&w=2
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0012http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012
- secunia.com42745http://secunia.com/advisories/42745