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CVE-2010-2891

Buffer overflow in the smiGetNode function in lib/smi.c in libsmi 0.4.8 allows context-dependent...

7.5 HighPublic exploitFix available

Buffer overflow in the smiGetNode function in lib/smi.c in libsmi 0.4.8 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Object Identifier (aka OID) represented as a numerical string containing many components separated by . (dot) characters.

Exploit likelihood

14.0%Down 10.0 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

Buffer overflow in the smiGetNode function in lib/smi.c in libsmi 0.4.8 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Object Identifier (aka OID) represented as a numerical string containing many components separated by . (dot) characters.

Record
CVE-2010-2891
CVSS 2.0
7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Buffer overflow in the smiGetNode function in lib/smi.c in libsmi 0.4.8 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Object Identifier (aka OID) represented as a numerical string containing many components separated by . (dot) characters.

Record
CVE-2010-2891
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2010-2895 No score

Buffer overflow in the smiGetNode function in lib/smi.c in libsmi 0.4.8 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Object Identifier (aka OID) represented as a numerical string containing many components separated by . (dot) characters.

Record
EUVD-2010-2895
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gwqp-8wjj-p3gj No score

Buffer overflow in the smiGetNode function in lib/smi.c in libsmi 0.4.8 allows context-dependent...

Buffer overflow in the smiGetNode function in lib/smi.c in libsmi 0.4.8 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Object Identifier (aka OID) represented as a numerical string containing many components separated by . (dot) characters.

Record
GHSA-gwqp-8wjj-p3gj
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVAZL-34938 No score

CVE-2010-2891 affecting package libsmi for versions less than 0.4.8-28

Buffer overflow in the smiGetNode function in lib/smi.c in libsmi 0.4.8 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Object Identifier (aka OID) represented as a numerical string containing many components separated by . (dot) characters.

Record
AZL-34938
Updated
2026-11-05
OSVAZL-6647 No score

CVE-2010-2891 affecting package libsmi for versions less than 0.4.8-27

Buffer overflow in the smiGetNode function in lib/smi.c in libsmi 0.4.8 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Object Identifier (aka OID) represented as a numerical string containing many components separated by . (dot) characters.

Record
AZL-6647
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVAZL-7272 No score

CVE-2010-2891 affecting package libsmi for versions less than 0.4.8-27

Buffer overflow in the smiGetNode function in lib/smi.c in libsmi 0.4.8 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Object Identifier (aka OID) represented as a numerical string containing many components separated by . (dot) characters.

Record
AZL-7272
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

Buffer overflow in the smiGetNode function in lib/smi.c in libsmi 0.4.8 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Object Identifier (aka OID) represented as a numerical string containing many components separated by . (dot) characters.

Record
CVE-2010-2891
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2010-2891 No score

Buffer overflow in the smiGetNode function in lib/smi.c in libsmi 0.4.8 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Object Identifier (aka OID) represented as a numerical string containing many components separated by . (dot) characters.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2891
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10266-1 No score

libsmi-0.4.8-24.8 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the libsmi-0.4.8-24.8 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10266-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
libsmi
Azure Linux:3
 before 0.4.8-28
0.4.8-28
libsmi
Azure Linux:2
 before 0.4.8-27
0.4.8-27
libsmi
Debian:12
 before 0.4.8+dfsg2-3
0.4.8+dfsg2-3
libsmi
Debian:13
 before 0.4.8+dfsg2-3
0.4.8+dfsg2-3
libsmi
Debian:14
 before 0.4.8+dfsg2-3
0.4.8+dfsg2-3
libsmi
Debian:5.0
 before 0.4.7+dfsg-0.2, plus listed versions
0.4.7+dfsg-0.1
0.4.7+dfsg-0.2
libsmi
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
 before 0.4.8-24.8
0.4.8-24.8

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
Exploit-DBLibSMI smiGetNode - Buffer Overflow When Long OID Is Given In Numerical Form2010-10-20

History

History
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factsOSV
aliasesEUVD
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In short

CVE-2010-2891 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Tu-braunschweig Libsmi, published October 27, 2010. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.0%, the 96th percentile. Fixed in libsmi 0.4.8-28.

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