CVE-2018-5996

Description

Insufficient exception handling in the method NCompress::NRar3::CDecoder::Code of 7-Zip before 18.00 and p7zip can lead to multiple memory corruptions within the PPMd code, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted RAR archive.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.8
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
4.477

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Update 7-zip 9.38 to latest versionWindows
Update 7-zip (x64) 9.38 to latest versionWindows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2017-17969,CVE-2018-5996 are affected in 7zip (.exe package) 17.01Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2017-17969,CVE-2018-5996 are affected in 7zip (x64) (.exe package) 17.01Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in 7 Zip (MSI) 16.02Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2017-17969,CVE-2018-5996 are affected in 7 Zip (MSI) (x64) 17.01Windows
SUSE-SU-2018:0464-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2 ) p7zip-9.20.1-7.3.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2018:0464-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2 ) p7zip-debuginfo-9.20.1-7.3.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2018:0464-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2 ) p7zip-debugsource-9.20.1-7.3.1.x86_64.rpmLinux

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-3090537 zip (msi) (19.00)
PATCH-3090547 zip (msi) (x64) (19.00)
PATCH-3312737 Zip (exe) (23.01)
PATCH-3312747 Zip (exe) (x64) (23.01)
PATCH-3559897 Zip (MSI) (26.00)
PATCH-3559907 Zip (MSI) (x64) (26.00)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234