CVE-2012-6706

Published Jun 22, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 10.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A VMSF_DELTA memory corruption was discovered in unrar before 5.5.5, as used in Sophos Anti-Virus Threat Detection Engine before 3.37.2 and other products, that can lead to arbitrary code execution. An integer overflow can be caused in DataSize+CurChannel. The result is a negative value of the "DestPos" variable, which allows the attacker to write out of bounds when setting Mem[DestPos].

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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1003-1 unrar-nonfree security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-6548 A VMSF_DELTA memory corruption was discovered in unrar before 5.5.5, as used in Sophos Anti-Virus Threat Detection Engine before 3.37.2 and other products, that can lead to arbitrary code execution. An integer overflow can be caused in DataSize+CurChannel. The result is a negative value of the "DestPos" variable, which allows the attacker to write out of bounds when setting Mem[DestPos].
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 9:36 PM
Reserved
Jun 22, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 22, 2017, 1:29 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:48 PM