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CVE-2025-11579GO-2025-4020GHSA-RWVP-R38J-9RGG

DoS via Out Of Memory Crash

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 2.2.0
1 proof of concept on GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

github.com/nwaples/rardecode versions <=2.1.1 fail to restrict the dictionary size when reading large RAR dictionary sizes, which allows an attacker to provide a specially crafted RAR file and cause Denial of Service via an Out Of Memory Crash.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • nwaples rardecode

    From 2.0.1 · through 2.1.1

  • github.com/nwaples/rardecodeGo

    All versions

  • github.com/nwaples/rardecode/v2Go

    fixed in 2.2.0

  • github.com/nwaples/rardecodeGo

    through 1.1.3

References 2

GitHub · nwaples/rardecode

GitHub · shinigami-777/PoC_CVE-2025-11579