>> BlackBerry Enterprise Server Decompression Algorithm Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Title : BlackBerry Enterprise Server Decompression Algorithm Buffer Overflow Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-2419 CVE ID : CVE-2005-4848
Rated as : High Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2007-07-03
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in BlackBerry Enterprise Server, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially take complete control of an affected system. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error within the decompression algorithm when processing malformed data, which could be exploited by attackers to crash an affected application or potentially execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted packet.
Note : The vendor has determined that exploiting this vulnerability would be difficult.
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