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Rarlab WinRAR: Out-of-bounds Read (CVE-2022-43650)

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Rarlab WinRAR: Out-of-bounds Read (CVE-2022-43650)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/29/2023
Created
05/05/2023
Added
04/14/2023
Modified
04/14/2023

Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of RARLAB WinRAR 6.11.0.0. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of ZIP files. Crafted data in a ZIP file can trigger a read past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-19232.

Solution(s)

  • rarlab-winrar-upgrade-6_22

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