# 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

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2010-08-06 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1903
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128076168623266&w=2
- http://libmspack.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libmspack?view=revision&revision=95
- http://libmspack.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libmspack?view=revision&revision=90
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128077976522470&w=2
- http://www.cabextract.org.uk/#changes
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=329891
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=620450

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