CVE-2010-3848
Stack-based buffer overflow in the econet_sendmsg function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2, when an econet…
- 6.9MediumCVSS base score
- 0.70%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 46% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the econet_sendmsg function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2, when an econet address is configured, allows local users to gain privileges by providing a large number of iovec structures.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Linux Kernel < 2.6.36.2 (Ubuntu 10.04) - 'Half-Nelson.c' Econet Privilege Escalation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 17787local, linuxpublished 5 Sept 2011Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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By redhat
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.70% · top 46% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
15
- 43056 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=644156 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2011:007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20101129 kernel: Multiple vulnerabilities in AF_ECONET (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0298 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a27e13d370415add3487949c60810e36069a23a6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2010:257 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2011:005 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0375 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- USN-1023-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2011:008 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 43291 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0213 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- DSA-2126 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-3827 (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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