CVE-2025-11579
DoS risk due to unrestricted RAR dictionary sizes in github.com/nwaples/rardecode
5.3
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.02%
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.
How to fix CVE-2025-11579
To remediate CVE-2025-11579, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.2.1-1 or later
- —no fix listed
- —no fix listed
- —upgrade to 2.2.0 or later
- —upgrade to 2.2.0 or later
Is CVE-2025-11579 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (5)
- from 0, < 2.2.1-1
- from 0, <= 1.1.3
- from 0
- from 0, < 2.2.0
- from 0, < 2.2.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |