CVE-2025-11579

NameCVE-2025-11579
Descriptiongithub.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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs1117936

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
golang-github-nwaples-rardecode (PTS)forky2.1.1-2vulnerable
sid2.2.1-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
golang-github-nwaples-rardecodesource(unstable)2.2.1-11117936

Notes

https://github.com/nwaples/rardecode/commit/52fb4e825c936636f251f7e7deded39ab11df9a9 (v2.2.0)
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