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.

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Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:45:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:winrar:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Rarlab
Rarlab winrar
Vendors & Products Rarlab
Rarlab winrar

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:00:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sun, 05 Apr 2026 20:45:00 +0000

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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.
Title WinRAR 5.61 Denial of Service via Malformed Language File
Weaknesses CWE-379
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, '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'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-06T18:07:45.413Z

Reserved: 2026-04-05T13:27:54.997Z

Link: CVE-2019-25677

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-06T18:07:40.374Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-04-05T21:16:45.800

Modified: 2026-04-09T19:35:57.200

Link: CVE-2019-25677

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-06T21:48:32Z

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