CVE-2010-0793

Buffer overflow in BarnOwl before 1.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted CC: header.

Published: 2010-03-16 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-0793 is rated Moderate Risk (62.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.81%). EPSS rose +1.64% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-0793

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 2.17% 3.81% +1.64%
2 2025-03-30 2.51% 2.17% -0.34%
3 2025-03-29 — 2.51% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-0793

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-0793

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-0793

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2010-0793 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (barnowl), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-0793
ubuntu low CVE-2010-0793 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (barnowl), 11 status rows across 11 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, upstream): not-affected 5, ignored 3, DNE 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-0793

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-0793

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
barnowl barnowl <= 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:barnowl:barnowl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
barnowl barnowl 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:barnowl:barnowl:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
barnowl barnowl 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:barnowl:barnowl:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
barnowl barnowl 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:barnowl:barnowl:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
barnowl barnowl 1.0.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:barnowl:barnowl:1.0.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
barnowl barnowl 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:barnowl:barnowl:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
barnowl barnowl 1.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:barnowl:barnowl:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
barnowl barnowl 1.0.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:barnowl:barnowl:1.0.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
barnowl barnowl 1.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:barnowl:barnowl:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
barnowl barnowl 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:barnowl:barnowl:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
barnowl barnowl 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:barnowl:barnowl:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
barnowl barnowl 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:barnowl:barnowl:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
barnowl barnowl 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:barnowl:barnowl:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
barnowl barnowl 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:barnowl:barnowl:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
barnowl barnowl 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:barnowl:barnowl:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
barnowl barnowl 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:barnowl:barnowl:1.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
barnowl barnowl 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:barnowl:barnowl:1.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
barnowl barnowl 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:barnowl:barnowl:1.5:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-0793

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