CVE-2010-1677

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MHonArc 2.6.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via start tags that are placed within other start tags, as demonstrated by a <bo<bo<bo<bo<body>dy>dy>dy>dy> sequence, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-4524.

Published: 2011-01-03 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-1677 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.84%, 95th percentile). Core evidence: 1 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.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2010-1677

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
35478 exploit_db edb 2010-12-21 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-1677

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 11.14% 8.84% -2.30%
2 2025-11-19 12.52% 11.14% -1.39%
3 2025-09-12 12.52%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-1677

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-2010-1677

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-1677

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2010-1677 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (mhonarc), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-1677
ubuntu medium CVE-2010-1677 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mhonarc), 13 status rows across 13 suites (dapper, hardy, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream): ignored 10, DNE 1, not-affected 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-1677

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-1677

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mhonarc mhonarc 2.6.16 cpe:2.3:a:mhonarc:mhonarc:2.6.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-1677

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