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CVE-2005-2385

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.

Published: Jul 27, 2005
Updated: Apr 13, 2023
CVE: CVE-2005-2385
Severity: High
Exploit:

CVSS v2:

Severity: High
Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
alwil / avast_antivirus	4.6.665	4.6.665.x
alwil / avast_antivirus	4.6.460	4.6.460.x

http://secunia.com/advisories/15776
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-20/advisory/
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014544
http://www.avast.com/eng/av4_revision_history.html

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