Cabextract is a utility for extracting Microsoft Cabinet (.cab) files, whose vulnerability profile centers on the underlying libmspack library and its handling of archive structures. The recurring exposure reflects off-by-one errors, improper input validation, and out-of-bounds writes inherent to parsing binary archive formats with embedded length fields and offset calculations. Current severity, exploitation activity, and exposure counts are shown alongside this summary.
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Cabextract over time
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (9 CVEs).
9 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2018-14681HIGH An issue was discovered in kwajd_read_headers in mspack/kwajd.c in libmspack before 0.7alpha. Bad KWAJ file header extensions could cause a one or two byte overwrite. | Jul 28, 2018 | 8.8 | 29 | NO | NO |
CVE-2018-18584MEDIUM In mspack/cab.h in libmspack before 0.8alpha and cabextract before 1.8, the CAB block input buffer is one byte too small for the maximal Quantum block, leading to an out-of-bounds | Oct 23, 2018 | 6.5 | 24 | NO | NO |
CVE-2018-14680MEDIUM An issue was discovered in mspack/chmd.c in libmspack before 0.7alpha. It does not reject blank CHM filenames. | Jul 28, 2018 | 6.5 | 24 | NO | NO |
CVE-2018-14682HIGH An issue was discovered in mspack/chmd.c in libmspack before 0.7alpha. There is an off-by-one error in the TOLOWER() macro for CHM decompression. | Jul 28, 2018 | 8.8 | 23 | NO | NO |
CVE-2018-14679MEDIUM An issue was discovered in mspack/chmd.c in libmspack before 0.7alpha. There is an off-by-one error in the CHM PMGI/PMGL chunk number validity checks, which could lead to denial of | Jul 28, 2018 | 6.5 | 23 | NO | NO |
CVE-2010-2801MEDIUM 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 (a | Aug 9, 2010 | 5.1 | 19 | NO | NO |
CVE-2004-0916MEDIUM Directory traversal vulnerability in cabextract before 1.1 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a cabinet file containing .. (dot dot) sequences in a filename. | Jan 27, 2005 | 5.0 | 18 | NO | NO |
CVE-2010-2800MEDIUM 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 | Aug 9, 2010 | 4.3 | 17 | NO | NO |
CVE-2015-2060MEDIUM cabextract before 1.6 does not properly check for leading slashes when extracting files, which allows remote attackers to conduct absolute directory traversal attacks via a malform | Nov 29, 2019 | 5.3 | 16 | NO | NO |
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (9 CVEs).
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