CVE-2010-2801
mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.040 · 91 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Integer signedness error in the Quantum decompressor in cabextract before 1.3, when archive test mode is used, allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Quantum archive in a .cab file, related to the libmspack library.
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affected products (11)
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references (24)
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- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=329891enisa_euvd
- http://libmspack.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libmspack/libmspack/trunk/mspack/qtmd.c?r1=114&r2=113enisa_euvd
- http://libmspack.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libmspack?view=revision&revision=118enisa_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.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2087enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42173enisa_euvd
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