CVE-2010-2575

Heap-based buffer overflow in the RLE decompression functionality in the TranscribePalmImageToJPEG function in generators/plucker/inplug/image.cpp in Okular in KDE SC 4.3.0 through 4.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image in a PDB file.

Published: 2010-08-30 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-2575 is rated Moderate Risk (59.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.65%, 91th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. 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-2010-2575

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 4.16% 4.65% +0.49%
2 2026-04-12 5.15% 4.16% -0.99%
3 2025-03-30 5.15%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-2575

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-2575

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-2575

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2010-2575 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (okular), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2575
gentoo normal CVE-2010-2575: 1 GLSA(s) (201311-20), 1 atom(s) (kde-base/okular); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2010-2575
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2575
ubuntu medium CVE-2010-2575 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (kdegraphics), 6 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, hardy, jaunty, karmic, lucid, upstream): released 4, not-affected 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2575

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-2575

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
kde kde_sc 4.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde_sc 4.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_sc:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-2575

URL Tags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-August/046448.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-August/046524.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-August/046542.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/40952 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/41086
http://secunia.com/advisories/41132
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-109/ Vendor Advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.340142
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20100825-1.txt Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:162
http://www.osvdb.org/67454
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/513341/100/0/threaded
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-979-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2178 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2179 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2202
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2206
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2219
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2230
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627289
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61371
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