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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2004· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2004-1772

CVE-2004-1772

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in shar in GNU sharutils 4.2.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long -o command line argument.

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GNU/Sharutils3 versions
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:sharutils:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:sharutils:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:sharutils:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: =4.2.1

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