Buffer overflow in Winace

CVE-2006-0813

Heap-based buffer overflow in WinACE 2.60 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large header block in an ARJ archive.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2006-02-24 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.032 (87.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 87.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.032 · newest: 0.032 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Winace — versions 2.60

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0709 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/17251 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.osvdb.org/23383 (vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425894/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-67/advisory/ (Vendor Advisory)
securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/16786 (vdb-entry)
securityreason.com/securityalert/479 (third-party-advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24872 (vdb-entry)