CVE-2005-2385

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-07-27 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Alwil Avast Antivirus: 4.6.460, 4.6.665

References

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
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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