CVE-2010-2553

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-94 Code Injection

Publication date:

11/08/2010

Last modified:

11/04/2025

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."

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

9.30

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7::::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista::sp1::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista::sp2::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:sp1::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp3::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp2:x64:::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7::::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista::sp1::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista::sp2::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:sp1::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp3::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp2:x64:::::*

CVE-2010-2553

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools