CVE-2004-0771
Buffer overflow in the extract_one function from lhext.c in LHA may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long w (working…
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- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in the extract_one function from lhext.c in LHA may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long w (working directory) command line option, a different issue than CVE-2004-0769. NOTE: this issue may be REJECTED if there are not any cases in which LHA is setuid or is otherwise used across security boundaries.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day 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)
- 18.8% · top 2.7% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- RHSA-2004:323 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 10354 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51285 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9595 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- lha-extractone-bo(16196) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20040515 lha buffer overflow(s) again (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- FLSA:1833 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- GLSA-200409-13 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- RHSA-2004:440 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20040606 Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 515-1] New lha packages fix several (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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)
- 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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