CVE-2018-20253

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-20253
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-02-13 01:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:39:00 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Rarlab Winrar All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Extracting a 19 Year Old Code Execution from WinRAR - Check Point Research MISC research.checkpoint.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
WinRAR download and support: Whats New MISC www.win-rar.com Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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