What is CVE-2010-3373?

CVE-2010-3373 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Grsecurity Paxtest, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-10-29.

How severe is CVE-2010-3373?

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

Improper input validation in Grsecurity Paxtest

CVE-2010-3373

paxtest handles temporary files insecurely

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

Published 2019-10-29 · 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 (31.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-28.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 31.6% 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

Grsecurity Paxtest — versions 0.9.7
Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0, 10.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3373 (Third Party Advisory)
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2010/CVE-2010-3373.html (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-3373?: CVE-2010-3373 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Grsecurity Paxtest, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-10-29.
How severe is CVE-2010-3373?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.