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

CVE-2004-1773

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in sharutils 4.2.1 and earlier may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) long output from wc to shar, or (2) unknown vectors in unshar.

Affected products

GNU/Sharutils2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:sharutils:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:sharutils:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:sharutils:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200410-01.xmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/11298nvdPatch
bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cginvdPatch
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-377.htmlnvd
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11093nvd

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