Vulnerability Report

CVE-2010-2959

Title: Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2010-2959

CWE Category CWE-190
Published Date Sep 08, 2010
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
3.75%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2010-2959: Integer overflow in net/can/bcm.c in the Controller Area Network (CAN) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.53, 2.6.32.x before 2.6.32.21, 2.6.34.x before 2.6.34.6, and 2.6.35.x before 2.6.35.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (system crash) via crafted CAN traffic.

Impacted Vendors

R
redhat 1
O
opensuse 1
U
ubuntu 1
S
suse 5
F
fedoraproject 1
L
linux 1
D
debian 1

Reference Links

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5b75c4973ce779520b9d1e392483207d6f842cde http://jon.oberheide.org/files/i-can-haz-modharden.c http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-September/046947.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00004.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00005.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html http://secunia.com/advisories/41512 http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2094 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.53 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.21 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34.6 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35.4 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/20/2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42585 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2430 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625699 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5b75c4973ce779520b9d1e392483207d6f842cde http://jon.oberheide.org/files/i-can-haz-modharden.c http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-September/046947.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00004.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00005.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html http://secunia.com/advisories/41512 http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2094 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.53 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.21 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34.6 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35.4 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/20/2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42585 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2430 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625699
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.2
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2010-2959 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14814
View Code
MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.