CVE-2019-25677 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2019-25677

WinRAR 5.61 Denial of Service via Malformed Language File

Vulnerability Description

WinRAR 5.61 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by placing a malformed winrar.lng language file in the installation directory. Attackers can trigger the crash by opening an archive and pressing the test button, causing an access violation at memory address 004F1DB8 when the application attempts to read invalid data.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Kağan Çapar

References

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

WinRAR
Vulnerable Versions:
5.61 32 Bit

Timeline

Official Publish: April 5th, 2026
Last Modified: July 15th, 2026
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-379

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.