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CVE-2010-2492
Buffer overflow in the ecryptfs_uid_hash macro in fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c in the eCryptfs subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35…
High7.8EPSS 0.43%
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- Updated
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- redhat
Description
Buffer overflow in the ecryptfs_uid_hash macro in fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c in the eCryptfs subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 might allow local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system crash) via unspecified vectors.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.43% · top 62% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- RHSA-2010:0723 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Console (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 46397 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2010:198 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- RHSA-2011:0007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611385 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a6f80fb7b5986fda663d94079d3bba0937a6b6ff (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100113326 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 42890 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2010:172 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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