What is CVE-2010-4742?

CVE-2010-4742 is a vulnerability in Moxa Activex Sdk, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2011-02-18.

Is CVE-2010-4742 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Moxa Activex Sdk

CVE-2010-4742

Stack-based buffer overflow in a certain ActiveX control in MediaDBPlayback.DLL 2.2.0.5 in the Moxa ActiveX SDK allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long PlayFileName property value.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2011-02-18 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.564 (99.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-28.

High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.564 · newest: 0.564 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Moxa Activex Sdk

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

rapid7/metasploit-framework

References

www.osvdb.org/68986 (vdb-entry)
www.metasploit.com/modules/exploit/windows/fileformat/moxa_mediadbplayback (Exploit)
reversemode.com/index.php (Exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-4742?: CVE-2010-4742 is a vulnerability in Moxa Activex Sdk, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2011-02-18.
Is CVE-2010-4742 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.