CVE-2010-3846
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Array index error in the apply_rcs_change function in rcs.c in CVS 1.11.23 allows local users to gain privileges via an RCS file containing crafted delta fragment changes that trigger a heap-based buffer overflow.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (34th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-3825)
- Published
- November 5, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-3825 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- nongnu / cvs
References
- http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/cvs/ccvs/src/rcs.c?r1=1.262.4.65&r2=1.262.4.66&sortby=rev(Patch)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050212.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050287.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/050090.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41079(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42041
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42409
- http://www.osvdb.org/68952
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0918.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44528
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024795
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2845(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2846
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2869
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2899
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3080
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642146(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62858
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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