What is CVE-2010-0109?

CVE-2010-0109 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-02-19.

How severe is CVE-2010-0109?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution

CVE-2010-0109

DBManager in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9.x before DS 6.9 SP4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted request.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2018-02-19 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (56.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 56.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution — versions 6.9, 6.9.164, 6.9.176

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/38410 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-0109?: CVE-2010-0109 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-02-19.
How severe is CVE-2010-0109?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.