CVE-2010-2445

freeciv 2.2 before 2.2.1 and 2.3 before 2.3.0 allows attackers to read arbitrary files or execute arbitrary commands via a scenario that contains Lua functionality, related to the (1) os, (2) io, (3) package, (4) dofile, (5) loadfile, (6) loadlib, (7) module, and (8) require modules or functions.

Published: 2010-07-08 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-2445 is rated High Risk (72.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.34%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +2.10% 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-2010-2445

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 1.24% 3.34% +2.10%
2 2025-09-30 1.60% 1.24% -0.36%
3 2025-03-30 1.60%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-2445

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-2445

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-2445

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2010-2445 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (freeciv), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2445
gentoo normal CVE-2010-2445: 1 GLSA(s) (201402-07), 1 atom(s) (games-strategy/freeciv); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2010-2445
ubuntu medium CVE-2010-2445 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (freeciv), 23 status rows across 23 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, dapper, hardy, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 18, not-affected 3, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2445

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-2445

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
freeciv freeciv 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:freeciv:freeciv:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freeciv freeciv 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:freeciv:freeciv:2.2.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
freeciv freeciv 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:freeciv:freeciv:2.2.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
freeciv freeciv 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:freeciv:freeciv:2.2.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
freeciv freeciv 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:freeciv:freeciv:2.2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
freeciv freeciv 2.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:freeciv:freeciv:2.3.0:dev:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-2445

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