CVE-2005-4438

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-4438
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-12-21 01:03:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionHeap-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Dec2rar.dll Dec2rar.dll 3.2.14.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Secunia - Advisories - Symantec AntiVirus RAR Archive Decompression Buffer Overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
rem0te.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.rem0te.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Symantec Anti Virus Library Buffer Overflows in Processing RAR Format Sub-Block Header Length Values Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Symantec Antivirus Library RAR Decompression Heap Overflow Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#305272 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Symantec Antivirus Library Remote Heap Overflows - CXSecurity.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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