CVE-2010-4169: fedoraproject fedora Use After Free
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2010-4169 is a medium (CVSS 4.9) Use After Free vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 4.9, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2Timeline
- 20-11-2010PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in mm/mprotect.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 allows local users to cause a denial of service via vectors involving an mprotect system call.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
0.43%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
37%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.43% on 05-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Suse3 products
Fedoraproject1 product
- fedoraEOL13
Linux1 product
- linux_kernel< 2.6.37 | 2.6.37 | 2.6.37:rc1
Opensuse1 product
- opensuseEOL11.3
4 vendors · 6 products
References
19 links- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORAThird Party Advisory
- git.kernel.orgX Refsource CONFIRM
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Show all 19 references
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651671X Refsource CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource REDHATThird Party Advisory
- marc.info?l=oss-security&m=128984344103497&w=2Mailing ListX Refsource MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
- marc.info?l=oss-security&m=128979684911295&w=2Mailing ListX Refsource MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory