{"id":"CVE-2005-4474","aliases":["EUVD-2005-4469","GHSA-4482-cr2p-675v"],"status":"published","title":"Buffer overflow in the \"Add to archive\" command in WinRAR 3.51 allows user-assisted attackers to...","description":"Buffer overflow in the \"Add to archive\" command in WinRAR 3.51 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by tricking the user into adding a file whose filename contains a non-default code page and non-ANSI characters, as demonstrated using a Chinese filename, possibly due to buffer expansion when using the WideCharToMultiByte API.  NOTE: it is not clear whether this problem can be exploited for code execution. If not, then perhaps the user-assisted nature of the attack should exclude the issue from inclusion in CVE.","severity":{"version":"2.0","score":5.1,"vector":"AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","level":"medium","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-07","score":0.02045,"percentile":0.81307,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"published":"2005-12-22T01:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-16T22:18:52Z","products":[{"vendor":"rarlab","product":"winrar"}],"references":[{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/290","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SREASON","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420006/100/0/threaded","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15999","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4474"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4482-cr2p-675v"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2005-4474","description":"Buffer overflow in the \"Add to archive\" command in WinRAR 3.51 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by tricking the user into adding a file whose filename contains a non-default code page and non-ANSI characters, as demonstrated using a Chinese filename, possibly due to buffer expansion when using the WideCharToMultiByte API.  NOTE: it is not clear whether this problem can be exploited for code execution. If not, then perhaps the user-assisted nature of the attack should exclude the issue from inclusion in CVE.","status":"published","published":"2005-12-22T01:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-07T23:46:05.205Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:33:39.586409Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2005-4469","description":"Buffer overflow in the \"Add to archive\" command in WinRAR 3.51 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by tricking the user into adding a file whose filename contains a non-default code page and non-ANSI characters, as demonstrated using a Chinese filename, possibly due to buffer expansion when using the WideCharToMultiByte API.  NOTE: it is not clear whether this problem can be exploited for code execution. If not, then perhaps the user-assisted nature of the attack should exclude the issue from inclusion in CVE.","status":"published","published":"2005-12-22T01:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-07T23:46:05Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T01:15:22.378531Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-4482-cr2p-675v","title":"Buffer overflow in the \"Add to archive\" command in WinRAR 3.51 allows user-assisted attackers to...","description":"Buffer overflow in the \"Add to archive\" command in WinRAR 3.51 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by tricking the user into adding a file whose filename contains a non-default code page and non-ANSI characters, as demonstrated using a Chinese filename, possibly due to buffer expansion when using the WideCharToMultiByte API.  NOTE: it is not clear whether this problem can be exploited for code execution. If not, then perhaps the user-assisted nature of the attack should exclude the issue from inclusion in CVE.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-01T02:27:39Z","modified":"2023-01-30T05:07:44Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:47:44.966752Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2005-4474","description":"Buffer overflow in the \"Add to archive\" command in WinRAR 3.51 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by tricking the user into adding a file whose filename contains a non-default code page and non-ANSI characters, as demonstrated using a Chinese filename, possibly due to buffer expansion when using the WideCharToMultiByte API.  NOTE: it is not clear whether this problem can be exploited for code execution. If not, then perhaps the user-assisted nature of the attack should exclude the issue from inclusion in CVE.","status":"published","published":"2005-12-22T01:03:00Z","modified":"2026-06-16T22:18:52.007Z","cvss":[{"version":"2.0","score":5.1,"vector":"AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:00:58.826417Z"}]}}