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CVE-2010-0296

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-0296 describes a vulnerability in the GNU C Library (glibc) 2.11.1 and earlier, specifically within the encode_name macro, which fails to properly handle newline characters in mountpoint names. This flaw, affecting products like ncpmount and mount.cifs, allows local users to cause a denial of service through mtab corruption, or potentially escalate privileges by modifying mount options. With a CVSS score of 7.2, it is considered highly severe due to its low attack complexity and potential for complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.11.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
44.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0059 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 3,241 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: glibc-0:2.3.4-2.57
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: glibc-0:2.5-58.el5_6.2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-0296Low

glibc: Improper encoding of names with certain special character in utilities for writing to mtab table

May 25, 2010

References

frugalware.org / security/662
packetstormsecurity.com / files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18
secunia.com / advisories/39900
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/43830
secunia.com / advisories/46397
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201011-01.xml
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/59240
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00007.html
sourceware.org / git
seclists.org / bugtraq/2019/Jun/14
debian.org / security/2010/dsa-2058
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-0412.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-944-1
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1246
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0863