Buffer overflow in the SSLv2 support in Zeus Web Server before 4.3r5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in an invalid Client Hello message.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-0359 is rated High Exploit Risk (84.2/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 39.62%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33531 | exploit_db | edb | 2010-01-15 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2026-01-29 | 44.44% | 39.62% | -4.83% |
| 2 | 2025-12-05 | 38.04% | 44.44% | +6.40% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 38.04% | — |
Full EPSS history (19 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| zeus | zeus_web_server | 4.3r5 | cpe:2.3:a:zeus:zeus_web_server:4.3r5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |