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Where Is It unacev2.dll Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA19931
Release Date: 2006-05-09
Popularity: 4,918 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Where Is It 3.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Where Is It (WhereIsIt), which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in UNACEV2.DLL when extracting an ACE archive containing a file with an overly long filename. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow when a user extracts a specially crafted ACE archive.

The vulnerability is related to:
SA16479

The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 3.73.501. Other versions may also be affected.

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