CVE-2010-2891

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 14.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2010-10-28 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the smiGetNode function in lib/smi.c in libsmi 0.4.8 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Object Identifier (aka OID) represented as a numerical string containing many components separated by . (dot) characters.

Affected products

Tu-Braunschweig Libsmi: 0.4.8

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/41841
http://secunia.com/advisories/42877
http://secunia.com/advisories/42902
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2891
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/libsmi-smigetnode-buffer-overflow
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2145
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15293
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:209
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514382/100/0/threaded

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