CVE-2010-1525

Integer underflow in the SpreadSheet Lotus 123 reader (wkssr.dll) in Autonomy KeyView 10.4 and 10.9, as used in multiple IBM, Symantec, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted size for an unspecified record type, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Published: 2010-08-17 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-1525 is rated High Risk (69.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.97%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.39% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-1525

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 2.58% 3.97% +1.39%
2 2025-03-30 3.18% 2.58% -0.60%
3 2025-03-29 3.18%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-1525

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-1525

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-1525

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
autonomy keyview_export_sdk 10.4 cpe:2.3:a:autonomy:keyview_export_sdk:10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
autonomy keyview_export_sdk 10.9 cpe:2.3:a:autonomy:keyview_export_sdk:10.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
autonomy keyview_filter_sdk 10.4 cpe:2.3:a:autonomy:keyview_filter_sdk:10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
autonomy keyview_filter_sdk 10.9 cpe:2.3:a:autonomy:keyview_filter_sdk:10.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
autonomy keyview_viewer_sdk 10.4 cpe:2.3:a:autonomy:keyview_viewer_sdk:10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
autonomy keyview_viewer_sdk 10.9 cpe:2.3:a:autonomy:keyview_viewer_sdk:10.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-1525

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