CVE-2007-2966
Buffer overflow in the LHA decompression component in F-Secure anti-virus products for Microsoft Windows and Linux before 20070529 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted LHA…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.21%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer overflow in the LHA decompression component in F-Secure anti-virus products for Microsoft Windows and Linux before 20070529 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted LHA archive, related to an integer wrap, a similar issue to CVE-2006-4335.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 5.21% probability · 92th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- f-secure/f-secure anti-virus · f-secure/f-secure anti-virus client security · f-secure/f-secure anti-virus linux client security · f-secure/f-secure anti-virus linux server security · f-secure/f-secure internet security · f-secure/f-secure protection service · f-secure/internet gatekeeper
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 5.2% 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.
References
- http://osvdb.org/36724
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25426Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018147
- http://www.f-secure.com/security/fsc-2007-1.shtmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.nruns.com/security_advisory_fsecure_lzh.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470256/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24235
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018146
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018148
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1985
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34575
- http://osvdb.org/36724
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25426Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018147
- http://www.f-secure.com/security/fsc-2007-1.shtmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.nruns.com/security_advisory_fsecure_lzh.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470256/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24235
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018146
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018148
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1985
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34575
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.