CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-20253
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2019-02-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787
Description
In WinRAR versions prior to and including 5.60, There is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability during parsing of a crafted LHA / LZH archive formats. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.
Affected configurations
• rarlab winrar (<= 5.60)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness
References
- https://research.checkpoint.com/extracting-code-execution-from-winrar/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.win-rar.com/whatsnew.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://research.checkpoint.com/extracting-code-execution-from-winrar/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.win-rar.com/whatsnew.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory