CVE-2010-3858
Published Nov 30, 2010
Last updated 2 years ago
Overview
- Description
- The setup_arg_pages function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36, when CONFIG_STACK_GROWSDOWN is used, does not properly restrict the stack memory consumption of the (1) arguments and (2) environment for a 32-bit application on a 64-bit platform, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted exec system call, a related issue to CVE-2010-2240.
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
- NVD status
- Modified
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 4.9
- Impact score
- 6.9
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-400
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