CVE-2010-2197: Rpm

Medium severity, CVSS 5.8. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

rpmbuild in RPM 4.8.0 and earlier does not properly parse the syntax of spec files, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to remove home directories via vectors involving a ;~ (semicolon tilde) sequence in a Name tag.

Affected products

• Rpm Rpm: version 1.2 only; version 1.3 only; version 1.3.1 only; version 1.4 only; version 1.4.2 only; version 1.4.2/a only; …

Published 2010-06-08. Last modified 2026-06-16.