CVE-2010-4695

Exp

A certain Fedora patch for gif2png.c in gif2png 2.5.1 and 2.5.2, as distributed in gif2png-2.5.1-1200.fc12 on Fedora 12 and gif2png_2.5.2-1 on Debian GNU/Linux, truncates a GIF pathname specified on the command line, which might allow remote attackers to create PNG files in unintended directories via a crafted command-line argument, as demonstrated by a CGI program that launches gif2png, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-5018.

Published: 2011-01-14 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-4695 is rated Exploit Available (57.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.54%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2010-4695

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-4695

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 0.94% 0.54% -0.40%
2 2025-03-29 0.54% 0.94% +0.40%
3 2025-03-19 — 0.54% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-4695

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-4695

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-4695

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2010-4695: 1 GLSA(s) (201203-15), 1 atom(s) (media-gfx/gif2png); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2010-4695
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4695
ubuntu medium CVE-2010-4695 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (gif2png), 21 status rows across 21 suites (artful, bionic, dapper, hardy, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 17, not-affected 2, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-4695

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-4695

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
catb gif2png 2.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:catb:gif2png:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
catb gif2png 2.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:catb:gif2png:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-4695

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