CVE-2004-0771
Buffer overflow in the extract_one function from lhext.c in LHA may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long w (working directory) command line option, a different issue than CVE-2004-0769.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 18.8%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Buffer overflow in the extract_one function from lhext.c in LHA may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long w (working directory) command line option, a different issue than CVE-2004-0769. NOTE: this issue may be REJECTED if there are not any cases in which LHA is setuid or is otherwise used across security boundaries.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 18.83% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 19 May 2004
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- tsugio okamoto/lha
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 18.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51285
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108668791510153
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-13.xml
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-323.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-440.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/363418
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10354Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=1833
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16196
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9595
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51285
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108668791510153
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-13.xml
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-323.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-440.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/363418
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10354Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=1833
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16196
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9595
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.