CVE-2006-4626 (GCVE-0-2006-4626)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2006-09-07 21:00
Modified
2024-08-07 19:14
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in alwil avast! Anti-virus Engine before 4.7.869 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted LHA file that contains extended headers with file and directory names whose concatenation triggers the overflow.
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