CVE-2005-4474

Published Dec 22, 2005 CVSS 2.0 · 5.1 Medium EPSS 2.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
Buffer overflow in the "Add to archive" command in WinRAR 3.51 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by tricking the user into adding a file whose filename contains a non-default code page and non-ANSI characters, as demonstrated using a Chinese filename, possibly due to buffer expansion when using the WideCharToMultiByte API. NOTE: it is not clear whether this problem can be exploited for code execution. If not, then perhaps the user-assisted nature of the attack should exclude the issue from inclusion in CVE.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-4469 Buffer overflow in the "Add to archive" command in WinRAR 3.51 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by tricking the user into adding a file whose filename contains a non-default code page and non-ANSI characters, as demonstrated using a Chinese filename, possibly due to buffer expansion when using the WideCharToMultiByte API. NOTE: it is not clear whether this problem can be exploited for code execution. If not, then perhaps the user-assisted nature of the attack should exclude the issue from inclusion in CVE.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 11:46 PM
Reserved
Dec 21, 2005, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 22, 2005, 1:03 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:18 PM