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CVE-2010-2197

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-2197 describes a vulnerability in rpmbuild, specifically in RPM versions 4.8.0 and earlier, where improper parsing of spec files allows user-assisted remote attackers to delete home directories. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.8) requires user interaction and involves a specially crafted Name tag containing a ";~" sequence. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this decade-old flaw.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
59.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0100 is in the 18th 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 Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-2197

rpm: rpmbuild does not properly parse syntax of spec files

Jun 8, 2010

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/59423