Vulnerability CVE-2010-2553
Published: 2010-08-11   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
The Cinepak codec in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, and Windows 7 does not properly decompress media files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file, aka "Cinepak Codec Decompression Vulnerability."

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
Microsoft Cinepak Codec CVDecompress Heap Overflow
Abysssec
30.09.2010
High
Microsoft Internet Explorer MSHTML Findtext Processing Issue
Abysssec
01.10.2010

Type:

CWE-94

 (Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
9.3/10
10/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Microsoft -> Windows 7 
Microsoft -> Windows vista 
Microsoft -> Windows xp 

 References:
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-222A.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-055
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11773
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