CVE-2010-1086

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-04-06 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The ULE decapsulation functionality in drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_net.c in dvb-core in Linux kernel 2.6.33 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted MPEG2-TS frame, related to an invalid Payload Pointer ULE.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 5.0
Linux kernel: through 2.6.33

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=29e1fa3565a7951cc415c634eb2b78dbdbee151d
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00007.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/39649
http://secunia.com/advisories/39742
http://secunia.com/advisories/39830
http://secunia.com/advisories/43315
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100088287
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100090459
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2053
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2010_23_kernel.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/01/1
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0394.html

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