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.
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.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35478 | exploit_db | edb | 2010-12-21 | 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 | 2026-06-15 | 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)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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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
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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 |