kernel: memory corruption in X.25 facilities parsing
Published Jan 3, 2011
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.74%
Description
The X.25 implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 does not properly parse facilities, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via malformed (1) X25_FAC_CALLING_AE or (2) X25_FAC_CALLED_AE data, related to net/x25/x25_facilities.c and net/x25/x25_in.c, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-4164.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- < 2.6.36.2
Configuration 2
- 11.4
- 9
Configuration 3
- 5.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.74% (0.03739) | 89.50th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.74% (0.03739) | 88.39th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.17% (0.04167) | 80.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.50% (0.02498) | 84.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 6.31% (0.06310) | 93.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 6.31% (0.06310) | 92.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.08th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (16)
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a6331d6f9a4298173b413cf99a40cc86a9d92c37 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/03/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43291 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2 x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAThird Party Advisory
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145786.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145873.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3873 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=649693 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3873
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-3873
Change history (0)
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