CVE-2005-4438 (GCVE-0-2005-4438)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2005-12-21 01:00
Modified
2024-08-07 23:46
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in Dec2Rar.dll 3.2.14.3, as distributed in the Symantec Antivirus Library and used by various Symantec products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via RAR archives with sub-block headers that contain incorrect values in the length field.
References
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15971 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/276 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SREASON
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3003 vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.rem0te.com/public/images/symc2.pdf x_refsource_MISC
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015384 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419853/100/0/threaded mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/305272 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT-VN
http://secunia.com/advisories/18131 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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