6.8

CVE-2010-2799: dest-unreach socat

Modified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2010-2799DSA-2090-1
Published 14-09-2010Last modified 25-09-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2010-2799 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in dest-unreach socat. EPSS estimates a 2.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.76%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Duplicates 1
CVE-2010-10005

Timeline

  1. 14-09-2010
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 25-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the nestlex function in nestlex.c in Socat 1.5.0.0 through 1.7.1.2 and 2.0.0-b1 through 2.0.0-b3, when bidirectional data relay is enabled, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via long command-line arguments.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.76%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

86%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 2.75% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian1 product
  • socat< 1.6.0.1-1+lenny1 | < 1.7.1.3-1
Dest-unreach1 product
  • socat1.5.0.0 | 1.6.0.0 | 1.6.0.1 | 1.7.0.0 | 1.7.0.1 | 1.7.1.0 | 1.7.1.1 | 2.0.0:b1 | 2.0.0:b2 | 2.0.0:b3

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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