THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2010-2971
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2010-2971

Libmikmod vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
3.7%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
loaders/load_it.c in libmikmod, possibly 3.1.12, does not properly account for the larger size of name##env relative to name##tick and name##node, which allows remote attackers to trigger a buffer over-read and possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Impulse Tracker file, a related issue to CVE-2010-2546. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2009-3995.
Affected vendor
Raphael Assenat
Affected product
Libmikmod
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2010-08-05

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 3.7% 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-2010-2971

  • Confirm whether Raphael Assenat Libmikmod is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2010-2971.
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