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 Apr 29, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.40%

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

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