VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2005-2385
Buffer overflow in a third-party compression library (UNACEV2.DLL), as used in avast!
HIGH 7.5EPSS 4.04%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.04%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 4.04% probability · 90th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- alwil/avast antivirus
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/15776Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-20/advisory/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014544
- http://www.avast.com/eng/av4_revision_history.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/15776Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-20/advisory/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014544
- http://www.avast.com/eng/av4_revision_history.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.