01 Record
CVE-2010-4210
The pfs_getextattr function in FreeBSD 7.x before 7.3-RELEASE and 8.x before 8.0-RC1 unlocks a mutex that was not previously locked, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The pfs_getextattr function in FreeBSD 7.x before 7.3-RELEASE and 8.x before 8.0-RC1 unlocks a mutex that was not previously locked, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel
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
- 1.13% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 66.2% 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:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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 20:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 03:34Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-11-07
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-667Improper LockingClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 938ba21c15e462a28c929eaaef4a88a7d1b4945a048bbc38f17f5dd158b4f4a7
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-2956http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2956
- www.securitytracker.com1024724http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024724
- secunia.com42200http://secunia.com/advisories/42200
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comfreebsd-pfsgetextattr-dos(63218)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/63218
- www.exploit-db.com15206https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15206/
- security.freebsd.orgFreeBSD-SA-10:09http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-10:09.pseudofs.asc