Title : NOD32 AntiVirus ARJ Archive Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2005-1676 CVE ID : CVE-2005-2903 CWE ID : CWE-
Rated as : Critical
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2005-09-08
Technical Description
A vulnerability was identified in multiple NOD32 AntiVirus, which may be exploited by remote attackers or malware to execute arbitrary code. This flaw is due to a heap overflow error when handling ARJ archives containing compressed files with overly long filename, which could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise a vulnerable system via a specially crafted archive.
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