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CVE-2010-1159

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-1159 describes multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Aircrack-ng versions prior to 1.1, affecting various Aircrack-ng distributions. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity risk where remote attackers can achieve denial of service and potentially arbitrary code execution with medium attack complexity. While not listed on the KEV catalog, a Proof-of-Concept exploit is available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:aircrack-ng:aircrack-ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:aircrack-ng:aircrack-ng:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:aircrack-ng:aircrack-ng:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:aircrack-ng:aircrack-ng:0.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:aircrack-ng:aircrack-ng:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-12217 · Apr 14, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0726 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

gentoovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

pyrit.googlecode.com / svn/tags/opt/aircrackng_exploit.py
secunia.com / advisories/39150
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/55053
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201310-06.xml
Vendor Advisory
svn.aircrack-ng.org / trunk/ChangeLog