Memory Corruption Vulnerability in NCompress::NRar3::CDecoder::Code Method of 7-Zip

CVE-2018-5996 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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