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Vulnerability details: VCID-y21h-7qfs-1kb7
Vulnerability ID VCID-y21h-7qfs-1kb7
Aliases CVE-2010-2492
Summary kernel: ecryptfs_uid_hash() buffer overflow
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.0
Risk 3.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-228 Improper Handling of Syntactically Invalid Structure
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
System Score Found at
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epss 0.00076 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2492
cvssv2 7.2 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2492
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2492
Reference id Reference type URL
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a6f80fb7b5986fda663d94079d3bba0937a6b6ff
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2010-2492.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2492
http://secunia.com/advisories/42890
http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100113326
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.35
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:172
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0723.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
611385 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611385
cpe:2.3:a:avaya:aura_communication_manager:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:avaya:aura_communication_manager:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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cpe:2.3:a:avaya:aura_presence_services:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:avaya:aura_presence_services:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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cpe:2.3:a:avaya:aura_session_manager:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:avaya:aura_session_manager:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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cpe:2.3:a:avaya:aura_session_manager:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:avaya:aura_session_manager:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:avaya:aura_system_manager:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:avaya:aura_system_manager:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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cpe:2.3:a:avaya:aura_system_manager:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:avaya:aura_system_manager:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:avaya:aura_system_manager:6.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:avaya:aura_system_manager:6.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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cpe:2.3:a:avaya:aura_voice_portal:5.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:avaya:aura_voice_portal:5.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CVE-2010-2492 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2492
RHSA-2010:0723 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0723
RHSA-2011:0007 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0007
USN-966-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/966-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2492
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2492
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.22629
EPSS Score 0.00076
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T14:57:09.859318+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2010-2492.json 38.0.0