CVE-2010-2785

Exp

The IRC Protocol component in KVIrc 3.x and 4.x before r4693 does not properly handle \ (backslash) characters, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary CTCP commands via vectors involving \r and \40 sequences, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2451 and CVE-2010-2452.

Published: 2010-08-02 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-2785 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.57%, 94th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2010-2785

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
34385 exploit_db edb 2010-07-28 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-2785

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 11.27% 7.57% -3.69%
2 2025-04-11 11.99% 11.27% -0.72%
3 2025-03-30 — 11.99% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-2785

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-2785

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-2785

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2010-2785 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-2010-2785
gentoo high CVE-2010-2785: 1 GLSA(s) (201402-20), 1 atom(s) (net-irc/kvirc); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2010-2785
ubuntu medium CVE-2010-2785 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (kvirc), 8 status rows across 8 suites (dapper, hardy, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, upstream): ignored 4, not-affected 2, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2785

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-2785

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
kvirc kvirc 3.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:kvirc:kvirc:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kvirc kvirc 3.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:kvirc:kvirc:3.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
kvirc kvirc 3.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:kvirc:kvirc:3.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
kvirc kvirc 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:kvirc:kvirc:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kvirc kvirc 3.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:kvirc:kvirc:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kvirc kvirc 3.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:kvirc:kvirc:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kvirc kvirc 3.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:kvirc:kvirc:3.4.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
kvirc kvirc 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:kvirc:kvirc:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kvirc kvirc 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:kvirc:kvirc:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-2785

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