7.5

CVE-2005-2385: alwil avast_antivirus

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
Published 27-07-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-2385 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in alwil avast_antivirus. EPSS estimates a 4.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.04%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 27-07-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in a third-party compression library (UNACEV2.DLL), as used in avast! Antivirus Home/Professional Edition 4.6.665 and Server Edition 4.6.460, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an ACE archive containing a long filename.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.04%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

90%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.04% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
4.04%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Alwil1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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