CVE-2017-14121
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.011 · 66 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The DecodeNumber function in unrarlib.c in unrar 0.0.1 (aka unrar-free or unrar-gpl) suffers from a NULL pointer dereference flaw triggered by a crafted RAR archive. NOTE: this may be the same as one of the several test cases in the CVE-2017-11189 references.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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affected products (3)
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references (12)
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/20/1cnnvd
- https://bugs.debian.org/874061cnnvd
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=874061Patchcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00026.htmlcnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/unrar-free-NULL-pointer-dereference-via-DecodeNumber-34621cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.0626cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/20/1enisa_euvd
- https://bugs.debian.org/874061enisa_euvd
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