CVE-2018-5996
HIGH7.8EPSS 4.3%Published: 1/31/2018Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/p7zipfrom 0, < 16.02-r3
- Debian/p7zip-rarfrom 0, < 16.02-2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |