Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability in UnRAR by Different Versions
CVE-2018-25018

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Rarlab
Status
Unrar
Vendor
CVE Published:
1 July 2021

Summary

The UnRAR compression utility versions 5.6.1.7, 5.7.4, and 6.0.3 are susceptible to an out-of-bounds write vulnerability. This issue arises during a memory copy operation (memcpy), specifically in the QuickOpen::ReadRaw function when called by QuickOpen::ReadNext. Attackers may exploit this vulnerability to manipulate memory and cause unauthorized access or instability in the application.

References

https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/main/vulns/...
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https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=9845
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https://github.com/aawc/unrar/releases
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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