Medium severity6.2NVD Advisory· Published Apr 5, 2026· Updated Apr 9, 2026

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.

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Affected products

Rarlab/Winrar2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*range: <=5.61
- (no CPE)range: =5.61

Patches

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References

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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