CVE-2010-4237
MEDIUM
5.9
CVSS Score
Published: October 29, 2019 at 05:07 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:24 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMercurial
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Severity
MEDIUM5.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
Description
Mercurial before 1.6.4 fails to verify the Common Name field of SSL certificates which allows remote attackers who acquire a certificate signed by a Certificate Authority to perform a man-in-the-middle attack.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 1.6.41.6.4
Affected range stops below 1.6.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=598841x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-4237x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bz.mercurial-scm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2407x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4237CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-295
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