CVE-2010-2521

CriticalCVSS 10.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c in the XDR implementation in the NFS server in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34-rc6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted NFSv4 compound WRITE request, related to the read_buf and nfsd4_decode_compound functions.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 10.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Sep 7, 2010
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2010-2521: Critical severity, CVSS 10.0 | Vulnix