CVE-2010-2266 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2010-2266?

CVE-2010-2266 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Jun 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-2266?

It affects 1 product.

Products include F5 Nginx.

How do I fix CVE-2010-2266?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-2266 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2010-2266 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2010-2266 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2016-1247 Path traversal in n/a High 7.8
• CVE-2021-23017 Memory corruption in Nginx Web Server, Nginx Plus High 7.7
• CVE-2014-0088 Memory corruption in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2014-0133 Memory corruption in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2013-4547 Security feature bypass in n/a High 7.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-9vhc-vpgr-5gxf.