Tools/gdomap.c in gdomap in GNUstep Base before 1.20.0 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a (1) -c or (2) -a option, which prints file contents in an error message.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-1457 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.13%). Core evidence: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33963 | exploit_db | edb | 2010-05-07 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | 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 | 2025-03-30 | 0.17% | 0.13% | -0.04% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 0.13% | 0.17% | +0.04% |
| 3 | 2025-03-19 | — | 0.13% | — |
Full EPSS history (6 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.9 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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3.9 | 6.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
|
not yet assigned | CVE-2010-1457 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (gnustep-base), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-1457 |
gentoo
|
high | CVE-2010-1457: 1 GLSA(s) (201401-12), 1 atom(s) (gnustep-base/gnustep-base); latest impact high. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2010-1457 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2010-1457 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (gnustep-base), 19 status rows across 19 suites (dapper, hardy, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety): ignored 14, not-affected 3, DNE 1, released 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-1457 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnustep | gnustep_base | <= 1.19.3 | cpe:2.3:a:gnustep:gnustep_base:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnustep | gnustep_base | 1.11.2 | cpe:2.3:a:gnustep:gnustep_base:1.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnustep | gnustep_base | 1.12.0 | cpe:2.3:a:gnustep:gnustep_base:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnustep | gnustep_base | 1.13.0 | cpe:2.3:a:gnustep:gnustep_base:1.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnustep | gnustep_base | 1.14.0 | cpe:2.3:a:gnustep:gnustep_base:1.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnustep | gnustep_base | 1.15.0 | cpe:2.3:a:gnustep:gnustep_base:1.15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnustep | gnustep_base | 1.15.1 | cpe:2.3:a:gnustep:gnustep_base:1.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnustep | gnustep_base | 1.15.2 | cpe:2.3:a:gnustep:gnustep_base:1.15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnustep | gnustep_base | 1.15.4 | cpe:2.3:a:gnustep:gnustep_base:1.15.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnustep | gnustep_base | 1.17.0 | cpe:2.3:a:gnustep:gnustep_base:1.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnustep | gnustep_base | 1.18.0 | cpe:2.3:a:gnustep:gnustep_base:1.18.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnustep | gnustep_base | 1.19.0 | cpe:2.3:a:gnustep:gnustep_base:1.19.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnustep | gnustep_base | 1.19.1 | cpe:2.3:a:gnustep:gnustep_base:1.19.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnustep | gnustep_base | 1.19.2 | cpe:2.3:a:gnustep:gnustep_base:1.19.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |