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Advisory details: github_osv / GHSA-m6cj-93v6-cvr5
Advisory ID github_osv/GHSA-m6cj-93v6-cvr5
Aliases CVE-2022-23596
Summary Junrar vulnerable to infinite loop via extracting carefully crafted RAR archive ### Impact A carefully crafted RAR archive can trigger an infinite loop while extracting said archive. The impact depends solely on how the application uses the library, and whether files can be provided by malignant users. ### Patches The problem is partially patched in 7.4.1 ### Workarounds None ### References https://github.com/junrar/junrar/issues/73 https://github.com/junrar/junrar/issues/81
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.8
Risk 3.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/02/GHSA-m6cj-93v6-cvr5/GHSA-m6cj-93v6-cvr5.json
generic_textual HIGH
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/junrar/junrar
https://github.com/junrar/junrar/commit/7b16b3d90b91445fd6af0adfed22c07413d4fab7
https://github.com/junrar/junrar/issues/73
CVE-2022-23596 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23596
GHSA-m6cj-93v6-cvr5 https://github.com/junrar/junrar/security/advisories/GHSA-m6cj-93v6-cvr5
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/02/GHSA-m6cj-93v6-cvr5/GHSA-m6cj-93v6-cvr5.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-25T15:45:20Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2022/23xxx/CVE-2022-23596.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2022-23596

View SSVC decision tree 
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 {'Automatable': 'yes'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'partial'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]