What is CVE-2010-2488?

CVE-2010-2488 is a high-severity vulnerability in Znc, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-11-12.

How severe is CVE-2010-2488?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Znc

CVE-2010-2488

NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in ZNC before 0.092 caused by traffic stats when there are unauthenticated connections.

Published 2019-11-12 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.024 (83.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 83.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.024 · newest: 0.024 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Znc — versions before 0.092

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2488 (Third Party Advisory)
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-2488 (Broken Link)
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
wiki.znc.in/ChangeLog/0.092 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-2488?: CVE-2010-2488 is a high-severity vulnerability in Znc, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-11-12.
How severe is CVE-2010-2488?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.