CVE-2010-3848 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2010-3848?

CVE-2010-3848 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 30 Dec 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the econet_sendmsg function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2, when an econet address is configured, allows local users to gain privileges by providing a large number of iovec structures.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-3848?

It affects 7 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel, Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop, Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension, Suse Linux Enterprise Server and 1 more.

How do I fix CVE-2010-3848?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2010-3848 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2010-3848 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-jg69-hq9p-75r5.