CVE-2010-2761
MEDIUMEPSS 84th pctlDescription
The multipart_init function in (1) CGI.pm before 3.50 and (2) Simple.pm in CGI::Simple 1.112 and earlier uses a hardcoded value of the MIME boundary string in multipart/x-mixed-replace content, which allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via crafted input that contains this value, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-3172.
How to fix
Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 84% of all known CVEs.
References
- cpansearch.perl.org
- kb.juniper.net
- kb.juniper.net
- lists.fedoraproject.org
- lists.fedoraproject.org
- lists.fedoraproject.org
- lists.fedoraproject.org
- lists.opensuse.org
- lists.opensuse.org
- lists.opensuse.org
- openwall.com
- osvdb.org
- osvdb.org
- secunia.com
- secunia.com
- secunia.com
- secunia.com
- secunia.com
- bugzilla.org
- mandriva.com
- mandriva.com
- redhat.com
- vupen.com
- vupen.com
- vupen.com
- vupen.com
- vupen.com
- bugzilla.mozilla.org
- bugzilla.mozilla.org
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2017-9841 | Critical | 9.8 | 100% | KEV | Fix |
| CVE-2015-1635 | Critical | 9.8 | 100% | KEV | - |
| CVE-2022-22954 | Critical | 9.8 | 100% | KEV + Ransom | - |
| CVE-2021-22204 | Medium | 6.8 | 100% | KEV | Fix |
| CVE-2025-3248 | Critical | 9.8 | 100% | KEV | Fix |
| CVE-2012-0158 | High | 8.8 | 100% | KEV | - |
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