{"cve":"CVE-2010-4651","nvd":{"published":"2011-03-11T22:55:02.090","modified":"2026-06-16T23:25:14.960","status":"Modified","description":"Directory traversal vulnerability in util.c in GNU patch 2.6.1 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a filename that is specified with a .. (dot dot) or full pathname, a related issue to CVE-2010-1679.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-22"],"references":["http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=685a78b6052f4df6eac6d625a545cfb54a6ac0e1","http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jun/msg00000.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055241.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055246.html","http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-patch/2010-12/msg00000.html"],"products":["gnu:gnu_patch"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:57:56.749847046+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2010-4651","score":0.04874,"percentile":0.92055,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}