Infinite loop in 7-Zip - CVE-2024-11612

 

Infinite loop in 7-Zip - CVE-2024-11612

Published: November 22, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU100863
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-11612
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop when processing streams in CopyCoder. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted archive and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

7-Zip
IBM OmniFind Text Search Server for DB2 for i
IBM Enterprise Content Management Text Search
Oracle Outside In Technology
IBM FileNet Content Manager

How to mitigate CVE-2024-11612

Install updates from vendor's website.

7-Zip - update to 24.08
IBM FileNet Content Manager - addressed in versions 5.5.12.0 IF007, 5.6.0.0 IF006, 5.7.0.0 IF003

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