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CVE-2007-6537
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…
Medium6.8EPSS 6.3%
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- Updated
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- mitre
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 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 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.3% · top 6.3% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- 26979 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 39902 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 3487 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/winuaebof-adv.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2007-4306 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20071221 Buffer-overflow in WinUAE 1.4.4 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.winuae.net/frames/mainframe.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://aluigi.org/poc/winuaebof.zip (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 28208 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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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