7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. Versions 9.18 through 26.00 contain a heap out-of-bounds read in 7-Zip Ar handler BSD SYMDEF parser. A 4-byte heap out-of-bounds read exists in the Unix ar archive parser in 7-Zip. When parsing a BSD-style __.SYMDEF symbol table, the ParseLibSymbols function reads a 32-bit namesSize field via Get32 at a position that can equal the buffer size, reading 4 bytes past the end of the heap allocation. This reads uninitialized heap data under the default allocator. Version 26.01 patches the issue.

7zip-26.02-2.1 on GA media

Security update for 7zip

Affected: Ubuntu:14.04:LTS: p7zip, Ubuntu:16.04:LTS: p7zip, Ubuntu:18.04:LTS: p7zip, Ubuntu:20.04:LTS: p7zip, Ubuntu:22.04:LTS: p7zip, Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS: 7zip, Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS: 7zip, Ubuntu:25.10: 7zip, Ubuntu:26.04:LTS: 7zip

7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. Versions 9.18 through 26.00 contain a heap out-of-bounds read in 7-Zip Ar handler BSD SYMDEF parser. A 4-byte heap out-of-bounds read exists in the Unix ar archive parser in 7-Zip. When parsing a BSD-style __.SYMDEF symbol table, the ParseLibSymbols function reads a 32-bit namesSize field via Get32 at a position that can equal the buffer size, reading 4 bytes past the end of the heap allocation. This reads uninitialized heap data under the default allocator. Version 26.01 patches the issue.

Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in 7-Zip ausnutzen, um Speicherinhalte offenzulegen, einen Denial-of-Service auszulösen oder beliebigen Code auszuführen.