FKIE_CVE-2005-2385

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2005-07-27 04:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:14
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/15776Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-20/advisory/Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1014544
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.avast.com/eng/av4_revision_history.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/15776Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-20/advisory/Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1014544
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.avast.com/eng/av4_revision_history.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
alwil avast_antivirus 4.6.460
alwil avast_antivirus 4.6.665
alwil avast_antivirus 4.6.665
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:14:47.530",
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