CVE-2007-6563

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-12-28 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in WinAce 2.65 and earlier, and possibly other versions before 2.69, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename in a compressed UUE archive.

Affected products

Winace: through 2.65

References

http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2344736880/index.html
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/contents/ja/2007/JVNDB-2007-000822.html
http://osvdb.org/40267
http://secunia.com/advisories/28215
http://www.fourteenforty.jp/research/advisory.cgi?FFRRA-20071225
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27017
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4312
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39268
http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2344736880/index.html
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/contents/ja/2007/JVNDB-2007-000822.html
http://osvdb.org/40267
http://secunia.com/advisories/28215

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