CVE-2010-2800
mediumpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.023 · 83 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
The MS-ZIP decompressor in cabextract before 1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed MSZIP archive in a .cab file during a (1) test or (2) extract action, related to the libmspack library.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.7–4.3
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affected products (10)
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also known as (2)
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references (16)
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- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=329891enisa_euvd
- http://libmspack.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libmspack?view=revision&revision=90enisa_euvd
- http://libmspack.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libmspack?view=revision&revision=95enisa_euvd
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128076168623266&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128077976522470&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://www.cabextract.org.uk/#changesenisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1903enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=620450enisa_euvd
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