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CVE-2010-2971

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-2971 is a buffer over-read vulnerability in libmikmod, specifically in the loaders/load_it.c component, affecting versions possibly including 3.1.12. This flaw, related to an incomplete fix for CVE-2009-3995, allows remote attackers to trigger the over-read and potentially cause further unspecified impact via a crafted Impulse Tracker file. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it is considered critical, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity that can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, 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
3.1.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:raphael_assenat:libmikmod:3.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.69%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0369 is in the 49th percentile among its peer group of 8,915 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: mikmod
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: mikmod

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-2971Moderate

libmikmod: arbitrary code execution via crafted Impulse Tracker or Ultratracker files

Feb 5, 2010

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/48244
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201203-10.xml
sourceforge.net / tracker
debian.org / security/2010/dsa-2081
mandriva.com / security/advisories