Improper check for unusual conditions in 7-Zip
Priority MEDIUM 49CWE-754Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
7-Zip 22.01 does not report an error for certain invalid xz files, involving stream flags and reserved bits. Some later versions are unaffected.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00195 9th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-47112
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8j5h-cxpp-7g62
References
More 7-zip vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-00330 Protection mechanism failure in 7-Zip KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.0
- TI-2026-35535 GHSL-2026-140_7-Zip: 7-Zip has a heap buffer overflow via NTFS compressed stream buffer under-allocation CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-10630 Integer underflow in 7-Zip CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2023-14827 Ppmd7.c in 7-Zip before 23.00 allows an integer underflow and invalid read operation via a crafted 7Z archive. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2026-35532 7-Zip SquashFS Fragment Offset Overflow (GHSL-2026-116) CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2026-35551 GHSL-2026-121 7-Zip UEFI DEPEX OOB Read CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
Sources
- CVE-2022-47112 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-47112 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8j5h-cxpp-7g62 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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