CVE-2010-4666 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in libarchive 3.0 pre-release code, specifically affecting FreeBSD libarchive. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (application crash) or potentially achieve other unspecified impacts by providing a specially crafted CAB file. The vulnerability arises from improper handling of Huffman code data within LZX compressed data during file processing. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), it has a low attack complexity and requires no authentication, making it easily exploitable over a network. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freebsd:libarchive:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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