What is CVE-2010-2548?

CVE-2010-2548 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Icedtea Icedtea6, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2019-10-31.

How severe is CVE-2010-2548?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Icedtea Icedtea6

CVE-2010-2548

IcedTea6 before 1.7.4 does not properly check property access, which allows unsigned apps to read and write arbitrary files.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published 2019-10-31 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.020 (79.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 79.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Icedtea Icedtea6 — versions 1.7.4
Red Hat Icedtea6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2548 (Third Party Advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2010/07/28/icedtea6-174-released/ (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-2548?: CVE-2010-2548 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Icedtea Icedtea6, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2019-10-31.
How severe is CVE-2010-2548?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.