FreeBSD: VID-7A2E0063-0E4E-11E8-94C0-5453ED2E2B49 (CVE-2018-5996): p7zip-codec-rar -- insufficient error handling
7
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
01/23/2018
07/25/2018
02/11/2018
05/07/2019
Description
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.
Solution(s)
- freebsd-upgrade-package-p7zip-codec-rar
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