What is CVE-2010-0749?

CVE-2010-0749 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-10-30.

How severe is CVE-2010-0749?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Linux Kernel

CVE-2010-0749

Transmission before 1.92 allows attackers to prevent download of a file by corrupted data during the endgame.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2019-10-30 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (76.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-31.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 76.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Linux Kernel
Transmission — versions before 1.92
Transmissionbt Transmission
Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0, 10.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-0749 (Third Party Advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
github.com/transmission/transmission/wiki/Release-Notes (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/01/9 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
trac.transmissionbt.com/ticket/1242 (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-0749?: CVE-2010-0749 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-10-30.
How severe is CVE-2010-0749?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.