CVE-2010-2801

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.

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-2010-2801 is rated Moderate Risk (50.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.03%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-2801

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 4.96% 4.03% -0.93%
2 2025-03-30 6.80% 4.96% -1.85%
3 2025-03-29 — 6.80% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-2801

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-2801

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-2801

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2010-2801 not yet assigned 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-2010-2801
gentoo normal CVE-2010-2801: 1 GLSA(s) (201312-09), 1 atom(s) (app-arch/cabextract); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2010-2801
suse medium CVE-2010-2801 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-2010-2801/
ubuntu medium CVE-2010-2801 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cabextract), 9 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, hardy, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): released 4, not-affected 3, ignored 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2801

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-2801

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-2010-2801

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