CVE-2010-2799 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2010-2799

Stack-based buffer overflow in the nestlex function in nestlex.c in...

Vulnerability Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the nestlex function in nestlex.c in Socat 1.5.0.0 through 1.7.1.2 and 2.0.0-b1 through 2.0.0-b3, when bidirectional data relay is enabled, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via long command-line arguments.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

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Affected Software

socat
Vulnerable Versions:
1.5.0.0, 1.6.0.0, 1.6.0.1, 1.7.0.0, 1.7.0.1, 1.7.1.0, 1.7.1.1, 2.0.0

Timeline

Official Publish: September 14th, 2010
Last Modified: September 25th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

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Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.