VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2005-2957
Stack-based buffer overflow in AVIRA Desktop for Windows 1.00.00.68 with AVPACK32.DLL 6.31.0.3, when archive scanning is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename in an ACE archive.
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
Stack-based buffer overflow in AVIRA Desktop for Windows 1.00.00.68 with AVPACK32.DLL 6.31.0.3, when archive scanning is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename in an ACE archive.
- 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
- avira/desktop
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112671128224841&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16691/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-43/advisory/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.avira.com/en/news/avira_desktop_for_windows_patched_against_vulnerability.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14824Patch
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112671128224841&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16691/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-43/advisory/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.avira.com/en/news/avira_desktop_for_windows_patched_against_vulnerability.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14824Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.