CVE-2010-2959

highpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.037 · 90 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

3.75% (90th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

12 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-190USprimary

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-14814Linux Kernel < 2.6.36-rc1 (Ubuntu 10.04 / 2.6.32) - 'CAN BCM' Local Privilege Escalationfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (12)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
debian debian linux= 5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora= 12nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux kernel< 2.6.27.53nvdUScpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux kernel2.6.32 → 2.6.32.21nvdUScpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux kernel2.6.34 → 2.6.34.6nvdUScpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux kernel2.6.35 → 2.6.35.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse= 11.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux enterprise desktop= 11nvdUScpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux enterprise high availability extension= 11nvdUScpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_high_availability_extension:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux enterprise real time= 11nvdUScpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_real_time:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux enterprise server= 11nvdUScpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2010-09-08modified 2026-06-16

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references (36)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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