Resource exhaustion in Linux Kernel
CVE-2010-4243
fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 does not enable the OOM Killer to assess use of stack memory by arrays representing the (1) arguments and (2) environment, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted exec system call, aka an "OOM dodging issue," a related issue to CVE-2010-3858.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (58.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/22/6 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded (mailing-list, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/46397 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37 (Broken Link)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64700 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry)
- lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/30/378 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15619 (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
- linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Kernel/2010-11/msg13278.html (mailing-list, Broken Link)