CVE-2019-25677
WinRAR 5.61 Denial of Service via Malformed Language File
MEDIUM 6.9EPSS 0.4%
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.
- Affected
- Win-Rar · WinRAR
- CVSS v4.0 VULNCHECK
- 6.9 MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 5.5 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS v3.1 VULNCHECK
- 6.2 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS
- 0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 36th percentile
- Published
- 2026-04-05
- Updated
- 2026-07-15
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
Security advisories
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/winrar-denial-of-service-via-malformed-language-file
- https://win-rar.com/predownload.html?spV=true&subD=true&f=wrar561tr.exe