CVE-2025-11579

Publication date 10 October 2025

Last updated 10 December 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

github.com/nwaples/rardecode versions <=2.1.1 fail to restrict the dictionary size when reading large RAR dictionary sizes, which allows an attacker to provide a specially crafted RAR file and cause Denial of Service via an Out Of Memory Crash.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
golang-github-nwaples-rardecode	26.04 LTS resolute	Needs evaluation
	25.10 questing	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	25.04 plucky	Not in release
	24.04 LTS noble	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 5.3 · Medium

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	Low

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.3 · Medium
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

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

CVE-2025-11579

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Status

Severity score breakdown

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