CVEvulnerability

CVE-2010-2799

6.8 MEDIUM Published 2010-09-14 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2010-09-14
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-119

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.

Affected configurations

• dest-unreach socat 1.5.0.0 • dest-unreach socat 1.6.0.0 • dest-unreach socat 1.6.0.1 • dest-unreach socat 1.7.0.0 • dest-unreach socat 1.7.0.1 • dest-unreach socat 1.7.1.0 • dest-unreach socat 1.7.1.1 • dest-unreach socat 2.0.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References