CVE-2019-25677
WinRAR 5.61 Denial of Service via Malformed Language File
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.9 Medium
- Published
- Apr 5, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 15, 2026
- Reserved
- Apr 5, 2026
Description
WinRAR 5.61 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by placing a malformed winrar.lng language file in the installation directory. Attackers can trigger the crash by opening an archive and pressing the test button, causing an access violation at memory address 004F1DB8 when the application attempts to read invalid data.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 6.9 Medium | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 6.2 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-379 Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
WinRARWin-Rar |
|
References
- ExploitDB-46432exploit
- Product Referenceproduct
- VulnCheck Advisory: WinRAR 5.61 Denial of Service via Malformed Language Filethird-party-advisory
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