CVE-2025-53816

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.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2025-058_7-Zip/	Third Party Advisory Exploit
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/07/18/1	Exploit Mailing List

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:7-zip:7-zip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Aug 2025, 19:33

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		7-zip 7-zip 7-zip
References	~~() https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2025-058_7-Zip/ -~~	() https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2025-058_7-Zip/ - Third Party Advisory, Exploit
References	~~() https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/07/18/1 -~~	() https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/07/18/1 - Exploit, Mailing List
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:7-zip:7-zip::::::::
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 7.5

18 Jul 2025, 19:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		() https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/07/18/1 -
Summary		(es) 7-Zip es un archivador de archivos con una alta tasa de compresión. Los ceros escritos fuera del búfer de memoria en el controlador RAR5 pueden provocar corrupción de memoria y denegación de servicio en versiones de 7-Zip anteriores a la 25.0.0. La versión 25.0.0 contiene una solución para este problema.

17 Jul 2025, 19:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-07-17 19:15

Updated : 2025-08-21 19:33

NVD link : CVE-2025-53816

Mitre link : CVE-2025-53816

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-53816

JSON object : View

Products Affected

7-zip

7-zip

CWE

CWE-122

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

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