What is CVE-2010-3293?

CVE-2010-3293 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mailscanner, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-10-28.

How severe is CVE-2010-3293?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Mailscanner

CVE-2010-3293

mailscanner can allow local users to prevent virus signatures from being updated

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

Published 2019-10-28 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (28.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 28.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Mailscanner

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3293 (Third Party Advisory)
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-3293 (Broken Link)
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/13/9 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-3293?: CVE-2010-3293 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mailscanner, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-10-28.
How severe is CVE-2010-3293?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.