CVE-2005-2385 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Avast Antivirus

3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
4.0%
top 11.57%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Alwil Avast Antivirus
Timeline
PublishedJul 27
Latest updateMay 1

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 vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDalwil/avast_antivirus4.6.460, 4.6.665+1

Patches

Patch: secunia.com ↗Patch: secunia.com ↗Patch: secunia.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-c8h3-977p-ch8j: Buffer overflow in a third-party compression library (UNACEV2↗2022-05-01
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CVEList
CVE-2005-2385: Buffer overflow in a third-party compression library (UNACEV2↗2005-07-27
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CVE-2005-2385 — Alwil Avast Antivirus vulnerability | cvebase