Medium severity6.2NVD Advisory· Published Apr 5, 2026· Updated Apr 9, 2026
CVE-2019-25677
CVE-2019-25677
Description
WinRAR 5.61 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by placing a malformed winrar.lng language file in the installation directory. Attackers can trigger the crash by opening an archive and pressing the test button, causing an access violation at memory address 004F1DB8 when the application attempts to read invalid data.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
3- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46432nvdExploitVDB Entry
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/winrar-denial-of-service-via-malformed-language-filenvdThird Party Advisory
- win-rar.com/predownload.htmlnvdProduct
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