CVE-2010-4210

7.8 highEPSS 1.1%

High (7.8) in freebsd freebsd. EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The pfs_getextattr function in FreeBSD 7.x before 7.3-RELEASE and 8.x before 8.0-RC1 unlocks a mutex that was not previously locked, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic), overwrite arbitrary memory locations, and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to opening a file on a file system that uses pseudofs.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 66% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-667
Published: 2010-11-22
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

freebsd:freebsd

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/42200
http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-10:09.pseudofs.asc
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024724
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2956
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/63218

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