CVE-2007-6537 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the zfile_gunzip function in zfile.c in WinUAE 1.4.4 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename in a gzipped archive, such as a (1) gz, (2) adz, (3) roz, or (4) hdz archive in a compressed floppy disk image.

Published: 2007-12-27

Score: 6.8 Medium

EPSS: 20.5% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:winuae:winuae:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.2053.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/winuaebof-adv.txt
http://aluigi.org/poc/winuaebof.zip
http://osvdb.org/39902
http://secunia.com/advisories/28208
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3487
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485446/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26979
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4306/references
http://www.winuae.net/frames/mainframe.html

History

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Subscriptions

Winuae Winuae

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-12-27T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T16:11:05.640Z

Reserved: 2007-12-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-6537

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-12-27T23:46:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-6537

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-119

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