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CVE-2010-2628

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-2628 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the IKE daemon of strongSwan versions 4.3.x before 4.3.7 and 4.4.x before 4.4.1. This flaw stems from improper checking of snprintf return values, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.05%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0405 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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

download.strongswan.org / patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.3.3_snprintf.patch
Patch
download.strongswan.org / patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.3.4_snprintf.patch
Patch
download.strongswan.org / patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.3.5_snprintf.patch
Patch
download.strongswan.org / patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.3.6_snprintf.patch
Patch
download.strongswan.org / patches/08_snprintf_patch/strongswan-4.4.0_snprintf.patch
Patch
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2010-08/msg00026.html
bugzilla.novell.com / 615915
secunia.com / advisories/40956
Vendor Advisory
lists.strongswan.org / pipermail/users/2010-August/005167.html
PatchVendor Advisory
trac.strongswan.org / projects/strongswan/wiki/441
securityfocus.com / bid/42444
Patch
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/2085
PatchVendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/2086