CVE Feed

    Dashboard / CVE / CVE-2010-3859

    CVE-2010-3859

    Multiple integer signedness errors in the TIPC implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted sendmsg call that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, related to the tipc_msg_build function in net/tipc/msg.c and the verify_iovec function in net/core/iovec.c.

    Published:Oct 22, 2010
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Dec 29, 2010
    EPSS Score:0.00101
    CVSS Score:6.9

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Linux
    Product
    Linux Kernel
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2026-77118 (CVSS 8.4) — A heap out-of-bounds write exists in the Photo CD (PCD) decoder of GraphicsMagick. In DecodeImage() (coders/pc…
    CVE-2026-56968 (CVSS 3.7) — GNU SASL before 2.2.4 lacks sanitization of a short challenge in _gsasl_ntlm_client_step in the NTLM client, w…
    CVE-2026-49975 (CVSS 7.5) — Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server's mod_http leads to denial of …
    CVE-2026-9256 (CVSS 9.2) — NGINX Plus and NGINX Open Source have a vulnerability in the ngx_http_rewrite_module module. This vulnerabilit…
    CVE-2026-31431 (CVSS 7.8) — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: algif_aead - Revert to operating …
    CVE-2026-34757 (CVSS 5.1) — LIBPNG is a reference library for use in applications that read, create, and manipulate PNG (Portable Network …
    CVE-2026-4775 (CVSS 7.8) — A flaw was found in the libtiff library. A remote attacker could exploit a signed integer overflow vulnerabili…
    CVE-2025-63261 (CVSS 7.8) — AWStats 8.0 is vulnerable to Command Injection via the open function…
    CVE-2026-3497 (CVSS 6.9) — Vulnerability in the OpenSSH GSSAPI delta included in various Linux distributions. This vulnerability affects …
    CVE-2026-1940 (CVSS 5.1) — An incomplete fix for CVE-2024-47778 allows an out-of-bounds read in gst_wavparse_adtl_chunk() function. The p…

    References

    http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=253eacc070b114c2ec1f81b067d2fed7305467b0
    http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8acfe468b0384e834a303f08ebc4953d72fb690a
    http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=128770476511716&w=2
    http://secunia.com/advisories/42789
    http://secunia.com/advisories/42963
    http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
    http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126
    http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/22/2
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/22/5
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44354
    http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145247.html
    http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145248.html
    http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145262.html
    http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145263.html
    http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145264.html
    http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145265.html
    http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145352.html
    http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=645867
    http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=253eacc070b114c2ec1f81b067d2fed7305467b0
    http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8acfe468b0384e834a303f08ebc4953d72fb690a
    http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=128770476511716&w=2
    http://secunia.com/advisories/42789
    http://secunia.com/advisories/42963
    http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
    http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126
    http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/22/2
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/22/5
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44354
    http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145247.html
    http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145248.html
    http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145262.html
    http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145263.html
    http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145264.html
    http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145265.html
    http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145352.html
    http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=645867

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High