CVE-2019-25677

low-risk
Published 2026-04-05

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.01% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
6
CVSS 6.2/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Rarlab

References (3)

Product https://win-rar.com/predownload.html?spV=true&subD=true&f=wrar561tr.exe
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46432
Third Party Advisory https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/winrar-denial-of-service-via-malformed-lang...
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low-risk
Severity 20/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal