{"cve":"CVE-2010-4165","nvd":{"published":"2010-11-22T13:00:19.300","modified":"2026-06-16T23:24:14.877","status":"Modified","description":"The do_tcp_setsockopt function in net/ipv4/tcp.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 does not properly restrict TCP_MAXSEG (aka MSS) values, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via a setsockopt call that specifies a small value, leading to a divide-by-zero error or incorrect use of a signed integer.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-369"],"references":["http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7a1abd08d52fdeddb3e9a5a33f2f15cc6a5674d2","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel","opensuse:opensuse","suse:linux_enterprise_desktop","suse:linux_enterprise_real_time_extension","suse:linux_enterprise_server"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:57:56.749847046+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2010-4165","score":0.0148,"percentile":0.73915,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}