CVE-2025-11579 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2025-11579

DoS via Out Of Memory Crash

Vulnerability 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.

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:

  • Juho Forsén

References

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

rardecode
Vulnerable Versions:
2.0.1, 2.2.0

Timeline

Official Publish: October 10th, 2025
Last Modified: December 2nd, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-789

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.