CVE-2010-2266 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 21.5% (pctl 98)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
nginx 0.8.36 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain encoded directory traversal sequences that trigger memory corruption, as demonstrated using the "%c0.%c0." sequence.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 21.51% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-22 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2010-06-15 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| f5 | nginx |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Nginx 0.8.36 - Source Disclosure / Denial of Service | 2010-06-11 |
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