CVE-2010-2801
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.1EPSS 4.0%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 4.0% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-2805)
- Published
- August 9, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-2805 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- cabextract project / cabextract
- cabextract project / cabextract
- cabextract project / cabextract
- cabextract project / cabextract
- cabextract project / cabextract
- cabextract project / cabextract
- cabextract project / cabextract
- cabextract project / cabextract
- cabextract project / cabextract
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=329891
- http://libmspack.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libmspack/libmspack/trunk/mspack/qtmd.c?r1=114&r2=113(Patch)
- http://libmspack.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libmspack?view=revision&revision=118(Patch)
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128076168623266&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128077976522470&w=2
- http://www.cabextract.org.uk/#changes(Patch)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2087
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42173
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1903(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1997(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=620454
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60891
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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