CVE-2010-5076

Exp

QSslSocket in Qt before 4.7.0-rc1 recognizes a wildcard IP address in the subject's Common Name field of an X.509 certificate, which might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority.

Published: 2012-06-29 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-5076 is rated Exploit Available (57.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.40%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: 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-2010-5076

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-5076

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 0.58% 1.40% +0.82%
2 2026-05-24 0.50% 0.58% +0.09%
3 2025-03-30 0.50%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-5076

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-5076

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-5076

vendor priority summary link
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-5076
ubuntu medium CVE-2010-5076 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (qt4-x11), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, upstream): not-affected 3, released 2, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-5076

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-5076

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
digia qt <= 4.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:digia:qt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qt qt 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qt qt 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qt qt 4.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qt qt 4.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qt qt 4.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qt qt 4.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qt qt 4.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qt qt 4.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:4.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qt qt 4.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qt qt 4.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qt qt 4.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qt qt 4.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qt qt 4.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qt qt 4.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qt qt 4.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:4.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qt qt 4.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:4.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qt qt 4.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:4.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qt qt 4.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qt qt 4.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qt qt 4.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:4.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qt qt 4.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:4.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qt qt 4.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qt qt 4.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qt qt 4.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qt qt 4.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qt qt 4.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qt qt 4.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:4.6.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
qt qt 4.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qt qt 4.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:4.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qt qt 4.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:qt:qt:4.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-5076

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