Is CVE-2010-1450 being actively exploited?

CVE-2010-1450 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-1450?

CVE-2010-1450 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

CVE-2010-1450

HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 4.9%EU EUVD

Multiple buffer overflows in the RLE decoder in the rgbimg module in Python 2.5 allow remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via an image file containing crafted data that triggers improper processing within the (1) longimagedata or (2) expandrow function.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.5 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-120
EPSS score: 4.9% (92th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2010-1478)
Published: May 27, 2010
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-1478 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

python / python

References

http://bugs.python.org/issue8678(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42888(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/43364(Broken Link)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:215(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0027.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0260.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40365(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0122(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0413(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=541698(Issue Tracking, Patch)

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

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