UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5996

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5996
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5996.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5996
Upstream
Published
2018-01-31T18:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:46:52Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / p7zip-rar

Package

Name
p7zip-rar
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/p7zip-rar@9.20.1~ds.1-4?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

9.*

9.20.1~ds.1-3
9.20.1~ds.1-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "p7zip-rar",
            "binary_version": "9.20.1~ds.1-4"
        }
    ]
}