THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2010-1853
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2010-1853

Transmission vulnerability

CVSS
6.8
EPSS
3.8%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the tr_magnetParse function in libtransmission/magnet.c in Transmission 1.91 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted magnet URL with a large number of (1) tr or (2) ws links.
Affected vendor
Transmissionbt
Affected product
Transmission
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2010-05-07

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2010-1853

  • Confirm whether Transmissionbt Transmission is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2010-1853.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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