CVE-2010-2451

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in the DCC functionality in KVIrc 3.4 and 4.0 have unspecified impact and remote attack vectors.

Published: 2010-06-29 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-2451 is rated High Risk (69.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.64%). Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-2451

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 2.31% 2.64% +0.33%
2 2025-09-22 3.08% 2.31% -0.77%
3 2025-03-30 3.08%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-2451

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-2010-2451

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-2451

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2010-2451 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (kvirc), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2451
gentoo high CVE-2010-2451: 1 GLSA(s) (201402-20), 1 atom(s) (net-irc/kvirc); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2010-2451
ubuntu medium CVE-2010-2451 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (kvirc), 6 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, hardy, jaunty, karmic, lucid, upstream): released 3, not-affected 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2451

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-2451

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
kvirc kvirc 3.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:kvirc:kvirc:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kvirc kvirc 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:kvirc:kvirc:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-2451

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