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CVE-2010-0998

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-0998 describes multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Free Download Manager (FDM) versions prior to 3.0.852. These vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through crafted input related to Site Explorer features, FTP URIs, or redirects. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is critical, requiring no authentication and having a low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and EPSS score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.0.851CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freedownloadmanager:free_download_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freedownloadmanager:free_download_manager:2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freedownloadmanager:free_download_manager:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5.700CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freedownloadmanager:free_download_manager:2.5.700:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5.704CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freedownloadmanager:free_download_manager:2.5.704:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0643 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

osvdb.org / 64671
osvdb.org / 64672
osvdb.org / 64673
osvdb.org / 64674
secunia.com / advisories/39447
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / secunia_research/2010-68
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/58626
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7006
securityfocus.com / archive/1/511282/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/40146