CVE-2004-0234
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the get_header function in header.c for LHA 1.14, as used in products such as Barracuda Spam…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 10.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the get_header function in header.c for LHA 1.14, as used in products such as Barracuda Spam Firewall, allow remote attackers or local users to execute arbitrary code via long directory or file names in an LHA archive, which triggers the overflow when testing or extracting the archive.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 49 days later
· 49 days later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 10.3% · top 4.3% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
21
- 1015866 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- CLA-2004:840 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- 5753 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:977 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- FEDORA-2004-119 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 20060403 Barracuda LHA archiver security bug leads to remote compromise (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 10243 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1220 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20040501 LHa buffer overflows and directory traversal problems (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 19514 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 5754 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- RHSA-2004:179 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.guay-leroux.com/projects/barracuda-advisory-LHA.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FLSA:1833 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- DSA-515 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9881 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20040510 [Ulf Harnhammar]: LHA Advisory + Patch (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- GLSA-200405-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- RHSA-2004:178 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- lha-multiple-bo(16012) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20040502 Lha local stack overflow Proof Of Concept Code (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2004-0234 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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