CVE-2010-2809

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-2809
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-08-19 22:00:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe default configuration of the <Button2> binding in Uzbl before 2010.08.05 does not properly use the @SELECTED_URI feature, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted HREF attribute of an A element in an HTML document.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-94 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Uzbl Uzbl 2009.12.22 All All All
Application Uzbl Uzbl 2010.01.04 All All All
Application Uzbl Uzbl All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
621964 – (CVE-2010-2809) CVE-2010-2809 uzbl: malicious code execution via unsanitized @SELECTED_URI af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
621965 – CVE-2010-2809 uzbl: malicious code execution via unsanitized @SELECTED_URI [fedora-all] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
github.com/pawelz/uzbl/commit/342f292c27973c9df5f631a38bd12f14a9c5cdc2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
'Re: [oss-security] CVE request: uzbl before 2010.08.05:' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Uzbl - web interface tools which adhere to the unix philosophy. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.uzbl.org Patch
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Malformed Request af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
FS#240 : Malicious code execution through unsanitized @SELECTED_URI af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.uzbl.org
'[oss-security] CVE request: uzbl before 2010.08.05: User-assisted execution of' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Don't shell-interpret \@SELECTED_URI (fixes FS#240) · uzbl/uzbl@9cc39cb · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
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