7.5

CVE-2010-4254: novell moonlight Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesCGA-hhh8-9w54-w9qvCGA-r754-v28f-hr7r
Published 03-12-2010Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2010-4254 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in novell moonlight. EPSS estimates a 13.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
43/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
13.65%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 03-12-2010
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Mono, when Moonlight before 2.3.0.1 or 2.99.x before 2.99.0.10 is used, does not properly validate arguments to generic methods, which allows remote attackers to bypass generic constraints, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via a crafted method call.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

13.65%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

96%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 13.65% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
13.65%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • exploit-databasedoslinuxVerified

    Mono/Moonlight Generic Type Argument - Privilege Escalation

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Chainguard1 product
  • monoAll versions (No fix recorded)
Novell1 product
  • moonlight≤ 2.3.0 | 2.99.0 | 2.99.1 | 2.99.2 | 2.99.7 | 2.99.9

2 vendors · 2 products

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