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critical 10.0

CVE-2004-0769 json

Buffer overflow in LHA allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long pathnames in LHarc format 2 headers for a .LHZ archive, a…

published 2004-08-04 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-0767

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
9.1%
EPSS 9.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Buffer overflow in LHA allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long pathnames in LHarc format 2 headers for a .LHZ archive, as originally demonstrated using the "x" option but also exploitable through "l" and "v", and fixed in header.c, a different issue than CVE-2004-0771.

Patch / fix

  • lha RHEL 3 1.14i-10.4

red hat advisories RHSA-2004:323

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2004-0769 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 lha 1.14i-10.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 lha 1.14i-10.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2004:323
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2004:440
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 lha 1.14i-10.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2004:323
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2004:440
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 lha 1.14i-10.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2004:323
  • Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2004:440

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Exploit prediction

9.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugs.gentoo.org http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51285 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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