CVE-2010-2801

Summary

CVECVE-2010-2801
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-08-09 11:58:17 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionInteger 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.1 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cabextract Project Cabextract 0.1 All All All
Application Cabextract Project Cabextract 0.2 All All All
Application Cabextract Project Cabextract 0.3 All All All
Application Cabextract Project Cabextract 0.4 All All All
Application Cabextract Project Cabextract 0.5 All All All
Application Cabextract Project Cabextract 0.6 All All All
Application Cabextract Project Cabextract 1.0 All All All
Application Cabextract Project Cabextract 1.1 All All All
Application Cabextract Project Cabextract All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
'Re: [oss-security] CVE Request [two ids] -- cabextract -- 1,' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Webmail | OVH- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 libmspack.svn.sourceforge.net Patch
329891 – <app-arch/cabextract-1.3: Infinite loop in MS-ZIP decoder (CVE-2010-{2800,2801}) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
cabextract af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cabextract.org.uk Patch
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2087-1 cabextract af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
cabextract '.cab' File Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Bug 620454 – CVE-2010-2801 cabextract: Integer wrap-around (crash) by processing certain *.cab files in test archive mode af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 libmspack.svn.sourceforge.net Patch
Webmail | OVH- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
'[oss-security] CVE Request [two ids] -- cabextract -- 1, Infinite loop in MS-ZIP' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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