VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2025-53817
Prior to version 25.0.0, a null pointer dereference in the Compound handler may lead to denial of service.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.62%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.62%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. 7-Zip supports extracting from Compound Documents. Prior to version 25.0.0, a null pointer dereference in the Compound handler may lead to denial of service. Version 25.0.0 contains a fix cor the issue.
- CVSS 4.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.62% probability · 48th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- 7-zip/7-zip
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2025-059_7-Zip/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/07/18/2Exploit, Mailing List
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/07/18/2
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.