CVE-2007-2845

Summary

CVECVE-2007-2845
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-05-24 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-16 16:45:00 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in the CAB unpacker in avast! Anti-Virus Managed Client before 4.7.700 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted CAB archive, resulting from an "integer cast around".

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Avast Avast Antivirus All All All All
Application Avast Avast Antivirus All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
'[Full-disclosure] n.runs-SA-2007.008 - Avast! Antivirus CAB parsing' - MARC FULLDISC marc.info
avast! CAB and SIS File Processing Buffer Overflows - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
avast! Managed Client Revision History CONFIRM www.avast.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
36523 OSVDB osvdb.org
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Avast! Managed Client CAB File Handling Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch
Webmail- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
avast! Buffer Overflow in Processing '.cab' Files Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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