UBUNTU-CVE-2025-11579

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-11579
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-11579.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-11579
Upstream
Published
2025-10-10T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-10-15T06:48:13.753319Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:25.10 / golang-github-nwaples-rardecode

Package

Name
golang-github-nwaples-rardecode
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/golang-github-nwaples-rardecode@2.1.1-2?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.1.1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.1.1-2",
            "binary_name": "golang-github-nwaples-rardecode-dev"
        }
    ]
}