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CVE-2010-2891 in the critical feed json

Buffer overflow in the smiGetNode function in lib/smi.c in libsmi 0.4.8 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via an…

published 2010-10-27 16 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2010-2895

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
14.0%
EPSS 14.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in the smiGetNode function in lib/smi.c in libsmi 0.4.8 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Object Identifier (aka OID) represented as a numerical string containing many components separated by . (dot) characters.

Patch / fix

  • libsmi Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.4.8+dfsg2-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2891

  • libsmi openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.4.8-24.8

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10266-1

  • libsmi Azure Linux 3.0 0.4.8-28
  • libsmi CBL-Mariner 2.0 0.4.8-27

azure linux advisories AZL-34938AZL-6647AZL-7272

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2010-2891 updated cvss 5.4

libsmi: buffer overflow in smiGetNode can lead to arbitrary code execution

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 libsmi Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 libsmi Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libsmi
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-15293)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

14.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-15293 LibSMI smiGetNode - Buffer Overflow When Long OID Is Given In Numerical Form dos, 2010-10-20
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44276 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • coresecurity.com http://www.coresecurity.com/content/libsmi-smigetnode-buffer-overflow referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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