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CVE-2006-2161
Buffer overflow in (1) TZipBuilder 1.79.03.01, (2) Abakt 0.9.2 and 0.9.3-beta1, (3) CAM UnZip 4.0 and 4.3, and possibly other products,…
Medium5.1EPSS 3.6%
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- flexera
Description
Buffer overflow in (1) TZipBuilder 1.79.03.01, (2) Abakt 0.9.2 and 0.9.3-beta1, (3) CAM UnZip 4.0 and 4.3, and possibly other products, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a ZIP archive that contains a file with a long file name.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.6% · top 11% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (21)
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-26/advisory (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20060508 Secunia Research: TZipBuilder ZIP File Handling Buffer OverflowVulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1687 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 17880 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1865 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- abakt-zip-bo(26435) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 19945 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1016107 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 853 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 20068 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 19946 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-31/advisory/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1016064 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- tzipbuilder-zip-bo(26275) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20060515 Secunia Research: Abakt ZIP File Handling Buffer (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1805 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- camunzip-archive-bo(26549) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20060519 Secunia Research: CAM UnZip ZIP File Handling Buffer OverflowVulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.xs4all.nl/~edienske/abakt/releases.html#0.9.3-RC1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-34/advisory/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20060515 Secunia Research: Abakt ZIP File Handling Buffer OverflowVulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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