CVE-2010-0359
Buffer overflow in the SSLv2 support in Zeus Web Server before 4.3r5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash)…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 20.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Buffer overflow in the SSLv2 support in Zeus Web Server before 4.3r5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in an invalid Client Hello message.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Zeus Web Server 4.x - 'SSL2_CLIENT_HELLO' Remote Buffer Overflow (PoC) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 33531dos, multiplepublished 15 Jan 2010Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 20.0% · top 2.5% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- ADV-2010-0147 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 61699 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://support.zeus.com/zws/news/2010/01/13/zws_4_3r5_released (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://support.zeus.com/zws/media/docs/4.3/RELEASE_NOTES (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1023465 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://intevydis.com/vd-list.shtml (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 37829 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 38056 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://intevydis.blogspot.com/2010/01/zeus-web-server-ssl2clienthello.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-0390 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2010-0359)Record last updated .