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High
CVE-2005-2957
Stack-based buffer overflow in AVIRA Desktop for Windows 1.00.00.68 with...
Vulnerability Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in AVIRA Desktop for Windows 1.00.00.68 with AVPACK32.DLL 6.31.0.3, when archive scanning is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename in an ACE archive.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
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Affected Vendor
avira
View all reports →Affected Software
desktop
Vulnerable Versions:
1.00.00.68
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 16th, 2005
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.