CVE-2025-11579 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00039.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

Update to github.com/nwaples/rardecode v2.2.0 or higher

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/nwaples/rardecode/commit/52fb4e825c936636f251f7e7deded39ab11df9a9

History

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 13:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 11:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		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.
Title		DoS via Out Of Memory Crash
Weaknesses		CWE-789
References		https://github.com/nwaples/rardecode/commit/52fb4e825c936636f251f7e7deded39ab11df9a9
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Mattermost

Published: 2025-10-10T11:15:15.163Z

Updated: 2025-10-10T12:41:22.168Z

Reserved: 2025-10-10T09:12:41.410Z

Link: CVE-2025-11579

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-10-10T12:41:18.185Z

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-10-10T12:15:37.743

Modified: 2025-10-10T12:15:37.743

Link: CVE-2025-11579

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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