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Vulnerability details: VCID-a78t-69wq-fkd4
Vulnerability ID VCID-a78t-69wq-fkd4
Aliases CVE-2010-4198
Summary This GLSA contains notification of vulnerabilities found in several Gentoo packages which have been fixed prior to January 1, 2012. The worst of these vulnerabilities could lead to local privilege escalation and remote code execution. Please see the package list and CVE identifiers below for more information.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.9
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
System Score Found at
epss 0.01094 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-4198
epss 0.01094 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-4198
epss 0.01094 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-4198
epss 0.01094 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-4198
epss 0.01094 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-4198
epss 0.01094 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-4198
epss 0.01094 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-4198
epss 0.01094 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-4198
epss 0.01094 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-4198
epss 0.01094 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-4198
cvssv2 6.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4198
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4198
Reference id Reference type URL
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=55257
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/11/stable-channel-update.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052906.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2010-4198.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-4198
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45611
http://secunia.com/advisories/42109
http://secunia.com/advisories/43086
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12157
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0177.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45719
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0216
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0552
656118 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656118
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:webkitgtk:webkitgtk:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:webkitgtk:webkitgtk:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2010-4198 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4198
GLSA-201412-09 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-09
RHSA-2011:0177 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0177
USN-1195-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/1195-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4198
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4198
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.77926
EPSS Score 0.01094
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:59:42.424917+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-09 38.0.0