CVE-2010-0138

Buffer overflow in Cisco CiscoWorks Internetwork Performance Monitor (IPM) 2.6 and earlier on Windows, as distributed in CiscoWorks LAN Management Solution (LMS), allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed getProcessName CORBA General Inter-ORB Protocol (GIOP) request, related to a "third-party component," aka Bug ID CSCsv62350.

Published: 2010-01-21 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-0138 is rated High Risk (69.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.48%, 94th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-0138

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 12.03% 8.48% -3.55%
2 2026-06-12 10.86% 12.03% +1.17%
3 2025-04-16 10.86%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-0138

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-0138

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-0138

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cisco ciscoworks_internetwork_performance_monitor <= 2.6 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:ciscoworks_internetwork_performance_monitor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco ciscoworks_internetwork_performance_monitor 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:ciscoworks_internetwork_performance_monitor:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco ciscoworks_internetwork_performance_monitor 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:ciscoworks_internetwork_performance_monitor:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-0138

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