CVE-2010-0300

cache.c in ircd-ratbox before 2.2.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a HELP command.

Published: 2010-02-04 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-0300 is rated Moderate Risk (44.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.89%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-0300

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 2025-03-30 1.70% 0.89% -0.81%
2 2025-03-29 0.89% 1.70% +0.81%
3 2025-03-17 0.89%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-0300

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-0300

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-0300

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2010-0300 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ircd-hybrid), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid, trixie): resolved 4. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-0300
redhat critical https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0300
ubuntu medium CVE-2010-0300 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ircd-ratbox), 23 status rows across 23 suites (artful, bionic, dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 15, DNE 7, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-0300

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2010-0300

Comment: Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html 'CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference'

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-0300

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox <= 2.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 1.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 1.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 1.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 1.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:1.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:1.4:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 1.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 1.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 1.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 1.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 2.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 2.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 2.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 2.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 2.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 2.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 2.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 2.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 2.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:2.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:2.1.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:2.1.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 2.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 2.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 2.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 2.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:2.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 2.1.7 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:2.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 2.1.8 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:2.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:2.2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:2.2.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:2.2.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 2.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 2.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 2.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 2.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 2.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:2.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 2.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:2.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 2.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:2.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ircd-ratbox ircd-ratbox 2.2.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:ircd-ratbox:ircd-ratbox:2.2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-0300

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