BarnOwl before 1.6.2 does not check the return code of calls to the (1) ZPending and (2) ZReceiveNotice functions in libzephyr, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-2725 is rated Moderate Risk (55.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.50%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
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 | 2025-03-30 | 4.07% | 1.50% | -2.57% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 1.50% | 4.07% | +2.57% |
| 3 | 2025-03-19 | — | 1.50% | — |
Full EPSS history (11 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2010-2725 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (barnowl), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2725 |
ubuntu
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low | CVE-2010-2725 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (barnowl), 13 status rows across 13 suites (dapper, hardy, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): not-affected 6, ignored 4, DNE 2, released 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2725 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| barnowl | barnowl | <= 1.6.1 | cpe:2.3:a:barnowl:barnowl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| barnowl | barnowl | 1.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:barnowl:barnowl:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| barnowl | barnowl | 1.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:barnowl:barnowl:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| barnowl | barnowl | 1.0.2 | cpe:2.3:a:barnowl:barnowl:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| barnowl | barnowl | 1.0.2.1 | cpe:2.3:a:barnowl:barnowl:1.0.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| barnowl | barnowl | 1.0.3 | cpe:2.3:a:barnowl:barnowl:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| barnowl | barnowl | 1.0.4 | cpe:2.3:a:barnowl:barnowl:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| barnowl | barnowl | 1.0.4.1 | cpe:2.3:a:barnowl:barnowl:1.0.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| barnowl | barnowl | 1.0.5 | cpe:2.3:a:barnowl:barnowl:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| barnowl | barnowl | 1.1 | cpe:2.3:a:barnowl:barnowl:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| barnowl | barnowl | 1.1.1 | cpe:2.3:a:barnowl:barnowl:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| barnowl | barnowl | 1.2 | cpe:2.3:a:barnowl:barnowl:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| barnowl | barnowl | 1.2.1 | cpe:2.3:a:barnowl:barnowl:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| barnowl | barnowl | 1.3 | cpe:2.3:a:barnowl:barnowl:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| barnowl | barnowl | 1.4 | cpe:2.3:a:barnowl:barnowl:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| barnowl | barnowl | 1.4 | cpe:2.3:a:barnowl:barnowl:1.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| barnowl | barnowl | 1.5 | cpe:2.3:a:barnowl:barnowl:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| barnowl | barnowl | 1.5 | cpe:2.3:a:barnowl:barnowl:1.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| barnowl | barnowl | 1.5 | cpe:2.3:a:barnowl:barnowl:1.5:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| barnowl | barnowl | 1.5.1 | cpe:2.3:a:barnowl:barnowl:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| barnowl | barnowl | 1.6 | cpe:2.3:a:barnowl:barnowl:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |