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cve[email protected]CVE-2010-4250
HistoryJun 21, 2012 - 11:55 p.m.

CVE-2010-4250

2012-06-2123:55:01
CWE-399
web.nvd.nist.gov
45
5
cve-2010-4250
memory leak
inotify_init1
linux kernel
denial of service
nvd

4.9 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

5.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.7%

Memory leak in the inotify_init1 function in fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving failed attempts to create files.

Affected configurations

NVD
Node
linuxlinux_kernelRange2.6.36.4
OR
linuxlinux_kernelMatch2.6.36.1
OR
linuxlinux_kernelMatch2.6.36.2
OR
linuxlinux_kernelMatch2.6.36.3

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4.9 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

5.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.7%