Eudora long filenames buffer overflow
| eudora-long-attachments (2038) |  High Risk |
Description:
Eudora is vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the handling of attachments with filenames longer than Windows can handle. An attacker can send such an attachment to Eudora to crash the program and possibly execute arbitrary code under the permissions of the program.
Platforms Affected:
- Qualcomm, Eudora
Remedy:
No remedy available as of November 29, 2008.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Sat, 20 Mar 1999 02:21:35 -0500, Eudora Attachment Buffer Overflow at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/1999_1/1073.html.
- CVE-1999-0427: Eudora 4.1 allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service by sending attachments with long file names.
Reported:
Mar 20, 1999
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