CVE-2010-4160 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound in Kernel
Severity
6.9MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 62.86%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJan 7
Latest updateMay 13
Description
Multiple integer overflows in the (1) pppol2tp_sendmsg function in net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c, and the (2) l2tp_ip_sendmsg function in net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c, in the PPPoL2TP and IPoL2TP implementations in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 allow local users to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and panic) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted sendto call.
CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 3.4 | Impact: 10.0