Is CVE-2010-1124 being actively exploited?

CVE-2010-1124 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-1124?

CVE-2010-1124 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

CVE-2010-1124

HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 1.0%EU EUVD

bos.rte.libc 5.3.9.4 on IBM AIX 5.3 does not properly support reading a certain address field after a successful getaddrinfo function call, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by IBM DB2 crashes on "systems with databases cataloged with alternate servers using IP addresses."

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.8 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
EPSS score: 1.0% (62th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2010-1155)
Published: March 26, 2010
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-1155 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

ibm / aix
ibm / aix

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ66710(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38964

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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