CVE & CISA-KEV CatalogNVD
CVE-2010-4254
HIGHEPSS 96th pctl7.5
CVSS v2
Description
Mono, when Moonlight before 2.3.0.1 or 2.99.x before 2.99.0.10 is used, does not properly validate arguments to generic methods, which allows remote attackers to bypass generic constraints, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via a crafted method call.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
13.65%probability of exploitation in 30 days
96thpercentile
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00003.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42373
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42877
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15974
- http://www.mono-project.com/Vulnerabilities#Moonlight_Generic_Constraints_Bypass_Vulnerability
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45051
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0076
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=654136
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=655847
- https://github.com/mono/mono/commit/4905ef1130feb26c3150b28b97e4a96752e0d399
- https://github.com/mono/mono/commit/65292a69c837b8a5f7a392d34db63de592153358
- https://github.com/mono/mono/commit/cf1ec146f7c6acdc6697032b3aaafc68ffacdcac
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