Is CVE-2010-4249 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2010-4249 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2010-4249?

CVE-2010-4249 has a CVSS v2 base score of 4.9 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2010-4249?

CVE-2010-4249 has an EPSS score of 0.90% (55th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2010-4249?

Upgrade linux kernel to 2.6.37 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2010-4249

MEDIUM

4.9

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

The wait_for_unix_gc function in net/unix/garbage.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc3-next-20101125 does not properly select times for garbage collection of inflight sockets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via crafted use of the socketpair and sendmsg system calls for SOCK_SEQPACKET sockets.

CWE-400Resource Exhaustion

How to fix

Remediation Available

linux kernelNVD

Affected:< 2.6.37Fixed in:2.6.37CVE-2010-4249derived 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

0.90%probability of exploitation in 30 days

55thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 55% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch4

Exploit4

Third-Party Advisory13

Other references2

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CVE-2023-44487	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-44228	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2011-3192	High	7.8	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-11478	Medium	5.3	95%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-25617	Medium	5.3	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-1000115	High	7.5	89%	-	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.