Rufus
Vendor:
First CVE: Oct 18, 2017 · Active for 8 years
4
Total CVEs
More Total CVEs than 72% of tracked products
1.3
Avg CVEs / Year
Higher CVE frequency than 55% of tracked products
8.2
Avg CVSS
Higher Avg CVSS than 72% of tracked products
0.0%
KEV Rate
Bottom 1%
Trends Over Time
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact Rufus over time
Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Oct 18, 2017
8 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Jan 22, 2026
184 days ago
CVE Severity & Scoring
Rufus4 CVEs
75%
25%
All CVEs352,708 CVEs
45%
40%
11%
HighCritical
Attack Vector
Local2 (50.0%)
Network2 (50.0%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
Physical0 (0.0%)
Adjacent Network0 (0.0%)
Attack Complexity
Low2 (50.0%)
High2 (50.0%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
User Interaction
None3 (75.0%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
Required1 (25.0%)
Privileges Required
Low1 (25.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
None3 (75.0%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
Top CVEs
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (4 CVEs).
4 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2019-1010101CRITICAL Akeo Consulting Rufus 3.0 and earlier is affected by: Insecure Permissions. The impact is: arbitrary code execution with escalation of privilege. The component is: Executable insta | Jul 19, 2019 | 9.8 | 29 | NO | NO |
CVE-2026-23988HIGH Rufus is a utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives. Versions 4.11 and below contain a race condition (TOCTOU) in src/net.c during the creation, validation, a | Jan 22, 2026 | 7.0 | 26 | NO | NO |
CVE-2017-13083HIGH Akeo Consulting Rufus prior to version 2.17.1187 does not adequately validate the integrity of updates downloaded over HTTP, allowing an attacker to easily convince a user to execu | Oct 18, 2017 | 8.1 | 25 | NO | NO |
CVE-2019-1010100HIGH Akeo Consulting Rufus 3.0 and earlier is affected by: DLL search order hijacking. The impact is: Arbitrary code execution WITH escalation of privilege. The component is: Executable | Jul 19, 2019 | 7.8 | 23 | NO | NO |
Exploit Exposure
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (4 CVEs).
CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Social Chatter
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (4 CVEs).
Media Mentions
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (4 CVEs).
Top CNAs Publishing CVEs For Rufus
Top CWEs
Versions
No cataloged versions.