CVE-2007-6537

high

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the zfile_gunzip function in zfile.c in WinUAE 1.4.4 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename in a gzipped archive, such as a (1) gz, (2) adz, (3) roz, or (4) hdz archive in a compressed floppy disk image.

References

http://www.winuae.net/frames/mainframe.html

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4306/references

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485446/100/0/threaded

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3487

http://secunia.com/advisories/28208

http://osvdb.org/39902

http://aluigi.org/poc/winuaebof.zip

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/winuaebof-adv.txt

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-12-27

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.06339