CVE-2019-25677 — Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions in Winrar

CWE-379 — Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions4 documents4 sources
Severity
6.9MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.32%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Rarlab WinrarWin-rar Winrar
Timeline
PublishedApr 5

Description

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.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDrarlab/winrar5.61
▶CVEListV5win-rar/winrar5.61 32 Bit

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
CVEList
WinRAR 5.61 Denial of Service via Malformed Language File↗2026-04-05
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GHSA
GHSA-wqh9-pjhr-mh8q: WinRAR 5↗2026-04-05
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2019-25677 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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CVE-2019-25677 — Rarlab Winrar vulnerability | cvebase