CVE-2019-25677

MEDIUM 6.2

WinRAR 5.61 Denial of Service via Malformed Language File

CVSS Score

6.2

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

2th

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.

CWE	CWE-379
Vendor	win-rar
Product	winrar
Published	Apr 5, 2026
Last Updated	Apr 6, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Affected Versions

Win-Rar / WinRAR

5.61 32 Bit

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

exploit-db.com: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46432 win-rar.com: https://win-rar.com/predownload.html?spV=true&subD=true&f=wrar561tr.exe vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/winrar-denial-of-service-via-malformed-language-file

Credits

Kağan Çapar