What is CVE-2010-2449?

CVE-2010-2449 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gource, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-11-07.

How severe is CVE-2010-2449?

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

Improper input validation in Gource

CVE-2010-2449

Gource through 0.26 logs to a predictable file name (/tmp/gource-$UID.tmp), enabling attackers to overwrite an arbitrary file via a symlink attack.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2019-11-07 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (76.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

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: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Gource

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2449 (Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/39529/info (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-2449?: CVE-2010-2449 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gource, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-11-07.
How severe is CVE-2010-2449?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.