CVE-2010-0553 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Geo++ GNCASTER 1.4.0.7 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long NMEA data sentence.

Published: 2010-02-04

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: 17.3% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:geopp:geo\+\+_gncaster::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:geopp:geo\+\+_gncaster:1.4.0.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2010-0584	Geo++ GNCASTER 1.4.0.7 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long NMEA data sentence.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.17253.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/62012
http://secunia.com/advisories/38323
http://www.redteam-pentesting.de/en/advisories/rt-sa-2010-002/-geo-r-gncaster-insecure-handling-of-nmea-data
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509197/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55975

History

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Subscriptions

Geopp Geo\+\+ Gncaster

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2010-02-04T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T00:52:19.371Z

Reserved: 2010-02-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-0553

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-02-04T20:15:50.187

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-0553

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-119

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