THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2010-4342
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2010-4342

Linux Kernel vulnerability

CVSS
7.1
EPSS
3.5%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
The aun_incoming function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc6, when Econet is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) by sending an Acorn Universal Networking (AUN) packet over UDP.
Affected vendor
Linux
Affected product
Linux Kernel
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2010-12-30

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

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