CVE-2010-3699

The backend driver in Xen 3.x allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service via a kernel thread leak, which prevents the device and guest OS from being shut down or create a zombie domain, causes a hang in zenwatch, or prevents unspecified xm commands from working properly, related to (1) netback, (2) blkback, or (3) blktap.

Published: 2010-12-08 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-3699 is rated Low Risk (28/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.71%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-3699

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.51% 0.71% +0.21%
2 2025-12-10 0.43% 0.51% +0.08%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.43% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-3699

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.7 2.0 LOW
AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:A)
Requires access to an adjacent network segment.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 5.1 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-3699

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-3699

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3699
ubuntu medium CVE-2010-3699 medium priority: Ubuntu including 6 source packages (linux, linux-ec2, linux-lts-backport-maverick, linux-mvl-dove, linux-source-2.6.15, linux-ti-omap4), 36 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, hardy, karmic, lucid, maverick, upstream): DNE 17, not-affected 14, ignored 2, needs-triage 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-3699

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-3699

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
citrix xen 3.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xen:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
citrix xen 3.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xen:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
citrix xen 3.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xen:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
citrix xen 3.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xen:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
citrix xen 3.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xen:3.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
citrix xen 3.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xen:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
citrix xen 3.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xen:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
citrix xen 3.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xen:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
citrix xen 3.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xen:3.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
citrix xen 3.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xen:3.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
citrix xen 3.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xen:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
citrix xen 3.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xen:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
citrix xen 3.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xen:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
citrix xen 3.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xen:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
citrix xen 3.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xen:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
citrix xen 3.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xen:3.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-3699

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