CVE-2010-4254

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-4254
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-12-06 13:44:54 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionMono, when Moonlight before 2.3.0.1 or 2.99.x before 2.99.0.10 is used, does not properly validate arguments to generic methods, which allows remote attackers to bypass generic constraints, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via a crafted method call.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mono Mono All All All All
Application Novell Moonlight 2.99.0 All All All
Application Novell Moonlight 2.99.1 All All All
Application Novell Moonlight 2.99.2 All All All
Application Novell Moonlight 2.99.7 All All All
Application Novell Moonlight 2.99.9 All All All
Application Novell Moonlight All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Access Denied af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.novell.com
Vulnerabilities - Mono af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mono-project.com
SUSE update for multiple packages - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Bug 654136 – Insufficient validation of generic type arguments during reflection allows violation of the type system af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.novell.com
Mono/Moonlight Generic Type Argument Local Privilege Escalation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
Handle invalid instantiation of generic methods. · mono/mono@cf1ec14 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch
Mono/Moonlight Generic Type Argument Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Handle invalid instantiation of generic methods. · mono/mono@65292a6 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:024 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Handle invalid instantiation of generic methods. · mono/mono@4905ef1 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch
Moonlight Generic Constraints Bypass Vulnerability - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2011:001 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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