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CVE-2010-4342
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…
High7.1EPSS 3.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 30 days later
· 30 days 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 | High7.1 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.5% · top 11% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- [oss-security] 20101209 Re: CVE request: kernel: NULL pointer dereference in AF_ECONET (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 45321 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [netdev] 20101209 NULL dereference in econet AUN-over-UDP receive (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20101208 CVE request: kernel: NULL pointer dereference in AF_ECONET (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0375 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2011:008 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4e085e76cbe558b79b54cbab772f61185879bc64 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 43291 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [netdev] 20101209 Re: NULL dereference in econet AUN-over-UDP receive (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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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