MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2010-2812

Znc vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
3.2%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
Client.cpp in ZNC 0.092 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (exception and daemon crash) via a PING command that lacks an argument.
Affected vendor
Znc
Affected product
Znc
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2010-08-17

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 3.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

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