CVEvulnerability
CVE-2010-2553
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2010-08-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94
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."
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 7
• microsoft windows vista
• microsoft windows xp
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness
References
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-222A.html US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-055 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11773 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-222A.html US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-055 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11773 oval.cisecurity.org