CVE-2005-2957

high

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.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14824

http://www.avira.com/en/news/avira_desktop_for_windows_patched_against_vulnerability.html

http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-43/advisory/

http://secunia.com/advisories/16691/

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112671128224841&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-09-16

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H