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TI-2005-04397 Aliases CVE-2005-4667GHSA-8h2v-2p8g-f36m

Buffer overflow in UnZip 5.50 and earlier allows user-assisted attackers to execute…

Priority LOW 21CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Buffer overflow in UnZip 5.50 and earlier allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename command line argument. NOTE: since the overflow occurs in a non-setuid program, there are not many scenarios under which it poses a vulnerability, unless unzip is passed long arguments when it is invoked from other programs.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01518 74th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 8

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:info-zip:unzip:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.2VulnerableInfo-ZIP
cpe:2.3:a:info-zip:unzip:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.3VulnerableInfo-ZIP
cpe:2.3:a:info-zip:unzip:5.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.31VulnerableInfo-ZIP
cpe:2.3:a:info-zip:unzip:5.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.32VulnerableInfo-ZIP
cpe:2.3:a:info-zip:unzip:5.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.40VulnerableInfo-ZIP
cpe:2.3:a:info-zip:unzip:5.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.41VulnerableInfo-ZIP
cpe:2.3:a:info-zip:unzip:5.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.42VulnerableInfo-ZIP
cpe:2.3:a:info-zip:unzip:5.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.50VulnerableInfo-ZIP
  • cpe:2.3:a:info-zip:unzip:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.2 Vulnerable ·Info-ZIP
  • cpe:2.3:a:info-zip:unzip:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.3 Vulnerable ·Info-ZIP
  • cpe:2.3:a:info-zip:unzip:5.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.31 Vulnerable ·Info-ZIP
  • cpe:2.3:a:info-zip:unzip:5.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.32 Vulnerable ·Info-ZIP
  • cpe:2.3:a:info-zip:unzip:5.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.40 Vulnerable ·Info-ZIP
  • cpe:2.3:a:info-zip:unzip:5.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.41 Vulnerable ·Info-ZIP
  • cpe:2.3:a:info-zip:unzip:5.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.42 Vulnerable ·Info-ZIP
  • cpe:2.3:a:info-zip:unzip:5.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.50 Vulnerable ·Info-ZIP

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2007:0203 Released 2007-05-01 · Red Hat rating Low
    unzip security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 unzip-5.51-9.EL4.5, unzip-5.51-9.EL4.5.i386, unzip-5.51-9.EL4.5.ia64 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 unzip-5.51-9.EL4.5, unzip-5.51-9.EL4.5.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 unzip-5.51-9.EL4.5, unzip-5.51-9.EL4.5.i386, unzip-5.51-9.EL4.5.ia64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 unzip-5.51-9.EL4.5, unzip-5.51-9.EL4.5.i386, unzip-5.51-9.EL4.5.ia64

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Desktop version 3Fixed—
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3Fixed—
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2007:0203
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2007:0203
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3Fixed—
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2007:0203
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3Fixed—
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2007:0203

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-4667
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8h2v-2p8g-f36m

References

Exploit 1

Patch 2

Advisory 4

Other 3

  • TI-2018-15693 An out-of-bounds read exists in Info-Zip UnZip version 6.10c22 that allows an attacker to… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2018-15694 An out-of-bounds read exists in Info-Zip UnZip version 6.10c22 that allows an attacker to… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2015-01194 Buffer overflow in the charset_to_intern function in unix/unix.c in Info-Zip UnZip 6.10b… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2018-15692 A heap-based buffer overflow exists in Info-Zip UnZip version 6.10c22 that allows an… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2018-15691 A heap-based buffer overflow exists in Info-Zip UnZip version 6.10c22 that allows an… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2003-00263 Directory traversal vulnerability in UnZip 5.50 allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary… CVSS 2.0LOW 2.6
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