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CVE-2004-0769 (GCVE-0-2004-0769)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2004-08-04 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 00:31
VLAI
Summary
Buffer overflow in LHA allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long pathnames in LHarc format 2 headers for a .LHZ archive, as originally demonstrated using the "x" option but also exploitable through "l" and "v", and fixed in header.c, a different issue than CVE-2004-0771.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2004-05-15 00:00
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