CVE-2010-2947

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-08-24 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the HX_split function in string.c in libHX before 3.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a string that is inconsistent with the expected number of fields.

Affected products

Jan Engelhardt Libhx: through 3.5; 1.10.0, 1.10.1, 1.10.2, 1.15, 1.17, 1.18 (+22)

References

http://libhx.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libhx/libhx%3Ba=commit%3Bh=904a46f90dd3f046bfac0b64a5e813d7cd4fca59
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:165
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/20/12
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/20/5
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42592
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2232
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625866
http://libhx.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libhx/libhx%3Ba=commit%3Bh=904a46f90dd3f046bfac0b64a5e813d7cd4fca59
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:165
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/20/12

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