CVE-2025-53816

7.5 HIGH

Published: July 17, 2025 Modified: November 04, 2025

Description

7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. Zeroes written outside heap buffer in RAR5 handler may lead to memory corruption and denial of service in versions of 7-Zip prior to 25.0.0. Version 25.0.0 contains a fix for the issue.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2025-058_7-Zip/

Source: security-advisories@github.com

Exploit Third Party Advisory

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/07/18/1

Source: security-advisories@github.com

Exploit Mailing List

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/07/18/1

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

3 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

7.5 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.1%

32th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-122

Affected Vendors

7-zip

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