CVE-2010-4254
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 13.6%EU EUVD
Mono, when Moonlight before 2.3.0.1 or 2.99.x before 2.99.0.10 is used, does not properly validate arguments to generic methods, which allows remote attackers to bypass generic constraints, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via a crafted method call.
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-20
- EPSS score
- 13.6% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-4227)
- Published
- December 6, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-4227 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mono / mono
- novell / moonlight
- novell / moonlight
- novell / moonlight
- novell / moonlight
- novell / moonlight
- novell / moonlight
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00003.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42373(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42877
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15974
- http://www.mono-project.com/Vulnerabilities#Moonlight_Generic_Constraints_Bypass_Vulnerability
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45051
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0076
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=654136
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=655847
- https://github.com/mono/mono/commit/4905ef1130feb26c3150b28b97e4a96752e0d399(Patch)
- https://github.com/mono/mono/commit/65292a69c837b8a5f7a392d34db63de592153358(Patch)
- https://github.com/mono/mono/commit/cf1ec146f7c6acdc6697032b3aaafc68ffacdcac(Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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