CVE-2010-2246

Exp

feh before 1.8, when the --wget-timestamp option is enabled, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a URL.

Published: 2011-05-26 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-2246 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.62%, 93th percentile). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.87% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2010-2246

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
34201 exploit_db edb 2010-06-25 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-2246

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 4.76% 6.62% +1.87%
2 2026-02-02 4.59% 4.76% +0.17%
3 2025-09-12 — 4.59% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-2246

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
 4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-2246

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-2246

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2010-2246 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (feh), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2246
gentoo high CVE-2010-2246: 1 GLSA(s) (201110-08), 1 atom(s) (media-gfx/feh); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2010-2246
ubuntu medium CVE-2010-2246 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (feh), 11 status rows across 11 suites (dapper, hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): not-affected 6, ignored 4, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2246

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-2246

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
feh_project feh <= 1.7 cpe:2.3:a:feh_project:feh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
feh_project feh 0.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:feh_project:feh:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
feh_project feh 0.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:feh_project:feh:0.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
feh_project feh 0.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:feh_project:feh:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
feh_project feh 0.9.9 cpe:2.3:a:feh_project:feh:0.9.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
feh_project feh 1.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:feh_project:feh:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
feh_project feh 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:feh_project:feh:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
feh_project feh 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:feh_project:feh:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
feh_project feh 1.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:feh_project:feh:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
feh_project feh 1.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:feh_project:feh:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
feh_project feh 1.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:feh_project:feh:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
feh_project feh 1.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:feh_project:feh:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
feh_project feh 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:feh_project:feh:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
feh_project feh 1.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:feh_project:feh:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
feh_project feh 1.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:feh_project:feh:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
feh_project feh 1.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:feh_project:feh:1.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
feh_project feh 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:feh_project:feh:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
feh_project feh 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:feh_project:feh:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
feh_project feh 1.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:feh_project:feh:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
feh_project feh 1.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:feh_project:feh:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
feh_project feh 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:feh_project:feh:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
feh_project feh 1.6 cpe:2.3:a:feh_project:feh:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
feh_project feh 1.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:feh_project:feh:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-2246

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