Is CVE-2010-5298 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2010-5298 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2010-5298?

CVE-2010-5298 has a CVSS v2 base score of 4.0 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2010-5298?

CVE-2010-5298 has an EPSS score of 34.13% (98th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2010-5298?

Upgrade openssl on debian 11 to 1.0.1g-3 or later. Fixes are available for 4 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2010-5298

MEDIUMEPSS 98th pctl

4.0

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Race condition in the ssl3_read_bytes function in s3_pkt.c in OpenSSL through 1.0.1g, when SSL_MODE_RELEASE_BUFFERS is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject data across sessions or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and parsing error) via an SSL connection in a multithreaded environment.

CWE-362Race Condition

How to fix

Remediation Available

opensslDebian

Fixed in:1.0.1g-3CVE-2010-5298

libssl1.0.0Ubuntu

Fixed in:1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.1USN-2192-1

opensslUbuntu

Fixed in:1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.1USN-2192-1

MariaDBWindows application

Affected:10.0.0 10.0.13Fixed in:10.0.13MariaDB Corporation Ab

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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

34.13%probability of exploitation in 30 days

98thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-362 (Race Condition) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2024-6387	High	8.1	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-36884	High	7.5	99%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2018-15473	Medium	5.3	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-27983	High	8.2	87%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-0226	Medium	6.8	86%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-5195	High	7.0	84%	KEV	Fix

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