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Vulnerability details: VCID-wvjx-z5wz-fuhw
Vulnerability ID VCID-wvjx-z5wz-fuhw
Aliases CVE-2010-4042
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 8.8
Risk 4.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
System Score Found at
epss 0.01947 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-4042
epss 0.01947 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-4042
epss 0.01947 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-4042
epss 0.01947 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-4042
epss 0.01947 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-4042
epss 0.01947 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-4042
epss 0.01947 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-4042
epss 0.01947 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-4042
epss 0.01947 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-4042
epss 0.01947 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-4042
cvssv2 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4042
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4042
Reference id Reference type URL
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=56451
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/10/stable-channel-update.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2010-4042.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-4042
http://secunia.com/advisories/41888
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6654
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44241
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2731
676212 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676212
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:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2010-4042 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4042
GLSA-201412-09 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-09
USN-1195-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/1195-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4042
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:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4042
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 0.83384
EPSS Score 0.01947
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:59:39.084996+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-09 38.0.0