CVE-2025-11579CWE-789

CVE-2025-11579

Medium · published October 10, 2025

CVSS v3.1
5.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
30.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00374 · 30.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-789 · Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value
Published
2025-10-10T16:15Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
nwaples/rardecode≤ 2.1.1—
References (1)
https://github.com/nwaples/rardecode/commit/52fb4e825c936636f251f7e7deded39ab11df9a9 · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 OCT 11:15Z
    DoS via Out Of Memory Crash
    cvelistv5