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CVE-2010-4243

CVSS v2.0 4.9 (Medium)
49% Progress
EPSS 0.04 % (11th)
0.04% Progress
Affected Products 1
Advisories 11
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fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 does not enable the OOM Killer to assess use of stack memory by arrays representing the (1) arguments and (2) environment, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted exec system call, aka an "OOM dodging issue," a related issue to CVE-2010-3858.

Weaknesses
CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Related CVEs
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Published Date
2011-01-22 22:00:04
(13 years ago)
Updated Date
2023-02-13 04:28:22
(19 months ago)

Affected Products

Linux

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel prior 2.6.37 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel < 2.6.37