CRITICAL: CVE-2014-2087 (CVSS 9.3) — freedownloadmanager free download manager

CVE: CVE-2014-2087

CVSS: 9.3 (2.0) — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: CRITICAL

Status: Critical advisory

Affected

• freedownloadmanager free download manager

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in the CDownloads_Deleted::UpdateDownload function in Downloads_Deleted.cpp in Free Download Manager 3.9.3 build 1360, 3.8 build 1173, 3.0 build 852, and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long file name, which is then deleted from the download queue by the user.

Verified Sources

• NVD entry
• GitHub Advisory
• MITRE

References

• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Mar/137
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531465/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66211
• https://www.rcesecurity.com/2014/03/cve-2014-2087-free-download-manager-cdownloads_deleted-updatedownload-remote-code-execution
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Mar/137
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531465/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66211
• https://www.rcesecurity.com/2014/03/cve-2014-2087-free-download-manager-cdownloads_deleted-updatedownload-remote-code-execution

_Validated by the Lyrie Threat Intelligence Pipeline — 3 independent sources confirmed before publication. No speculation._