RAR Password Recovery 1.80 Denial of Service Buffer Overflow
Priority MEDIUM 64CWE-787Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
RAR Password Recovery 1.80 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an oversized payload in the registration dialog. Attackers can craft a malicious input string exceeding 6000 bytes and paste it into the User Name and Registration Code field to trigger an application crash.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00143 3rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top-Password | RAR Password Recovery | 1.80 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- RAR Password Recovery VendorTop-Password Affected 1.80 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-25477
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4p8g-m95v-ggv9
References
Exploit 1
More Top-Password vulnerabilities
- TI-2019-15529 Outlook Password Recovery 2.10 Denial of Service Buffer Overflow CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2019-15528 SQL Server Password Changer 1.90 Denial of Service Buffer Overflow CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
Sources
- CVE-2019-25477 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-25477 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4p8g-m95v-ggv9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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