CVE-2010-2800

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.

Published: 2010-08-09 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-2800 is rated Moderate Risk (46.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.29%). EPSS rose +1.08% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-2800

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.20% 2.29% +1.08%
2 2025-03-30 2.23% 1.20% -1.03%
3 2025-03-29 — 2.23% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-2800

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-2800

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-2800

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2010-2800 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (cabextract), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2800
gentoo normal CVE-2010-2800: 1 GLSA(s) (201312-09), 1 atom(s) (app-arch/cabextract); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2010-2800
suse medium CVE-2010-2800 severity moderate: SUSE including 20 source package names (cabextract-1.2-2.10.1, libmspack-devel-0.11-160000.2.2, …), 34 product×package rows across 28 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12, … (28 product lines)): Fixed 34. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2800/
ubuntu low CVE-2010-2800 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cabextract), 13 status rows across 13 suites (dapper, hardy, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): not-affected 7, ignored 5, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2800

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-2800

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cabextract_project cabextract <= 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:cabextract_project:cabextract:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cabextract_project cabextract 0.1 cpe:2.3:a:cabextract_project:cabextract:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cabextract_project cabextract 0.2 cpe:2.3:a:cabextract_project:cabextract:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cabextract_project cabextract 0.3 cpe:2.3:a:cabextract_project:cabextract:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cabextract_project cabextract 0.4 cpe:2.3:a:cabextract_project:cabextract:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cabextract_project cabextract 0.5 cpe:2.3:a:cabextract_project:cabextract:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cabextract_project cabextract 0.6 cpe:2.3:a:cabextract_project:cabextract:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cabextract_project cabextract 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:cabextract_project:cabextract:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cabextract_project cabextract 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:cabextract_project:cabextract:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-2800

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