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CVE-2005-2385
Buffer overflow in a third-party compression library (UNACEV2.DLL), as used in avast! Antivirus Home/Professional Edition 4.6.665 and…
High7.5EPSS 4.0%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.0% · top 9.4% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (4)
- 15776 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-20/advisory/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.avast.com/eng/av4_revision_history.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1014544 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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