CVE-2010-2959

high

Published 2010-09-08 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.2

Description

Integer overflow in net/can/bcm.c in the Controller Area Network (CAN) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.53, 2.6.32.x before 2.6.32.21, 2.6.34.x before 2.6.34.6, and 2.6.35.x before 2.6.35.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (system crash) via crafted CAN traffic.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-14814 local linux verified

Jon Oberheide · 2010-08-27

Linux Kernel < 2.6.36-rc1 (Ubuntu 10.04 / 2.6.32) - 'CAN BCM' Local Privilege Escalation

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OS impact

Debian Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
5.0	Affected	—

Fedora Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
12	Affected	—

Linux kernel Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	`2.6.27.53`

SUSE Affected 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
11.3	Affected	—
11	Affected	—

References

CWEs

CWE-190

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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