VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2010-3859

CVSS score6.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.40%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2010-12-29
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Primary references