CVE-2018-10115 — Improper Initialization in P7zip-rar

CWE-665 — Improper InitializationCWE-908 — Use of Uninitialized ResourceCWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer9 documents7 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
4.6%
top 10.76%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Debian P7zip-rar7-zip
Timeline
PublishedMay 2
Latest updateMay 13

Description

Incorrect initialization logic of RAR decoder objects in 7-Zip 18.03 and before can lead to usage of uninitialized memory, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted RAR archive.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶debiandebian/p7zip-rar< p7zip-rar 16.02-3 (bookworm)
▶NVD7-zip/7-zip18.03

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-75r2-jhx8-x356: Incorrect initialization logic of RAR decoder objects in 7-Zip 18↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2018-10115: Incorrect initialization logic of RAR decoder objects in 7-Zip 18↗2018-05-02
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VulnCheck
7-zip 7-zip Improper Initialization↗2018
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
p7zip: unitialized memory due to incorrect logic of RAR decoder might lead to arbitrary code execution↗2018-05-01
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Debian
CVE-2018-10115: p7zip-rar - Incorrect initialization logic of RAR decoder objects in 7-Zip 18.03 and before ...↗2018
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-10115 p7zip: unitialized memory due to incorrect logic of RAR decoder might lead to arbitrary code execution↗2018-05-03
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-10115 p7zip: unitialized memory due to incorrect logic of RAR decoder might lead to arbitrary code execution [fedora-all]↗2018-05-03
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-10115 p7zip: unitialized memory due to incorrect logic of RAR decoder might lead to arbitrary code execution [epel-all]↗2018-05-03
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