CVE-2010-2553

critical
Published 2010-08-11 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
10.0

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."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-15112 dos windows verified
Abysssec ยท 2010-09-26

Microsoft Cinepak Codec CVDecompress - Heap Overflow (MS10-055)

Source code queued for fetch โ€” refresh in a moment.
EDB-15122 dos windows verified
Abysssec ยท 2010-09-27

Microsoft Internet Explorer - MSHTML Findtext Processing

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OS impact

windows Windows Affected 2 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
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References

CWEs

CWE-94

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.