CVE-2005-2957

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: 2005-09-16 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

AVIRA Desktop: 1.00.00.68

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112671128224841&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/16691/
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-43/advisory/
http://www.avira.com/en/news/avira_desktop_for_windows_patched_against_vulnerability.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14824
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112671128224841&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/16691/
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-43/advisory/
http://www.avira.com/en/news/avira_desktop_for_windows_patched_against_vulnerability.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14824

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