Is CVE-2010-2089 being actively exploited?

CVE-2010-2089 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-2089?

CVE-2010-2089 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2010-2089

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 14.6%EU EUVD

The audioop module in Python 2.7 and 3.2 does not verify the relationships between size arguments and byte string lengths, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via crafted arguments, as demonstrated by a call to audioop.reverse with a one-byte string, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-1634.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-787
EPSS score: 14.6% (97th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2010-2106)
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-2010-2106 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/issue7673(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042751.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00006.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/40194(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42888(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/50858(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/51024(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/51040(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/51087(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0027.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40863(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1596-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1616-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1448(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0122(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598197(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)

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

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