Medium severity · published Apr 5, 2026
CVE-2019-25677
WinRAR 5.61 Denial of Service via Malformed Language File
5.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
WinRAR 5.61 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by placing a malformed winrar.lng language file in the installation directory. Attackers can trigger the crash by opening an archive and pressing the test button, causing an access violation at memory address 004F1DB8 when the application attempts to read invalid data.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 37% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WI
WinRAR · Win-Rar
5.61 32 Bit · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-25677
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-25677
Product
https://win-rar.com/predownload.html?spV=true&subD=true&f=wrar561tr.exe
Exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46432
Third Party Advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/winrar-denial-of-service-via-malformed-language-file