Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 13, 2019· Updated Aug 5, 2024

CVE-2018-20253

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.

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Affected products

Rarlab/Winrarllm-fuzzy
Range: <=5.60
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd./WinRARv5
Range: All versions prior and including 5.60

Patches

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References

research.checkpoint.com/extracting-code-execution-from-winrar/mitrex_refsource_MISC
www.win-rar.com/whatsnew.htmlmitrex_refsource_MISC

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