CVE-2025-11579
DoS via Out Of Memory Crash
- Published
- Oct 10, 2025
- Updated
- Dec 2, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- Mattermost
- Evidence observed
- Aug 25, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 31.2%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
1Proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2025-11579, a denial-of-service vulnerability in rardecode that triggers an out-of-memory crash via a crafted RAR file with an oversized dictionary size.
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