VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2010-4160

CVSS score6.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.53%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2011-01-07
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the (1) pppol2tp_sendmsg function in net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c, and the (2) l2tp_ip_sendmsg function in net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c, in the PPPoL2TP and IPoL2TP implementations in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 allow local users to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and panic) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted sendto call.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Primary references