CVE-2010-1677

medium

Published 2011-01-03 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.0

Description

MHonArc 2.6.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via start tags that are placed within other start tags, as demonstrated by a <bo<bo<bo<bo<body>dy>dy>dy>dy> sequence, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-4524.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-35478 dos linux verified

anonymous · 2010-12-21

MHonArc 2.6.16 - Tag Nesting Remote Denial of Service

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2.6.18-1`
sid	Fixed	`2.6.18-1`
forky	Fixed	`2.6.18-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`2.6.18-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`2.6.18-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
mhonarc	mhonarc	`2.6.16`

References

CWEs

CWE-399

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.