7.5high

CVE-2005-2385

Buffer overflow in a third-party compression library (UNACEV2.DLL), as used in avast!

Published 21 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
4.0%
percentile 91%
Public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Buffer overflow in a third-party compression library (UNACEV2.DLL), as used in avast! Antivirus Home/Professional Edition 4.6.665 and Server Edition 4.6.460, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an ACE archive containing a long filename.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

4.04% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

  • secunia.com /advisories/15776 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /secunia_research/2005-20/advisory/ · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • avast.com /eng/av4_revision_history.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id?1014544 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred

Sources

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