Is CVE-2010-3301 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2010-3301 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2010-3301?

CVE-2010-3301 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2010-3301?

CVE-2010-3301 has an EPSS score of 3.82% (89th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2010-3301?

Upgrade linux kernel to 2.6.36 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2010-3301

HIGHEPSS 89th pctl

7.2

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

The IA32 system call emulation functionality in arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc4-git2 on the x86_64 platform does not zero extend the %eax register after the 32-bit entry path to ptrace is used, which allows local users to gain privileges by triggering an out-of-bounds access to the system call table using the %rax register. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2007-4573 regression.

CWE-269Improper Privilege Management

How to fix

Remediation Available

linux kernelNVD

Affected:< 2.6.36Fixed in:2.6.36CVE-2010-3301derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

3.82%probability of exploitation in 30 days

89thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 89% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Exploit1

bugzilla.redhat.com

Third-Party Advisory11

Other references3

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2017-12635	Critical	9.8	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-24637	Critical	9.8	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-5689	Critical	9.8	92%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-3243	Critical	9.8	88%	-	-
CVE-2024-21888	High	8.8	87%	-	-
CVE-2022-0441	Critical	9.8	85%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-29.