CVE-2018-5996 (GCVE-0-2018-5996)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-01-31 18:00 – Updated: 2025-01-10 18:55
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Summary
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.
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2018-01-23 00:00
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