Buffer overflow in Rarlab Far Manager

CVE-2003-1445

Stack-based buffer overflow in Far Manager 1.70beta1 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long pathname.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2003-12-31 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (67.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 67.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Rarlab Far Manager — versions 1.65, 1.70_beta_1, 1.70_beta_4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11293 (vdb-entry)
securityreason.com/securityalert/3281 (third-party-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/6822 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/311334 (mailing-list, Exploit)