CVE-2010-2799
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.75% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 86.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2010-09-14 20:03Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-25 22:46Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-07-22
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b2a7e88faef60935a5fe3c8b13d71a39d2e72e5643c9dd675a650ac7ee0fc0c5
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=620426
- www.dest-unreach.orghttp://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/download/socat-1.7.1.3.patch
- www.dest-unreach.orghttp://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/contrib/socat-secadv2.html
- bugs.gentoo.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330785
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=591443
- www.debian.orgDSA-2090http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2090
- github.comhttps://github.com/msmania/poodim/commit/6340d5d2c81e55e61522c4b40a6cdd5c39738cc6
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- socat Fixed in 1.7.1.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- socat Fixed in 1.7.1.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- socat Fixed in 1.7.1.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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