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7-Zip versions before 23.00 are affected by a vulnerability identified as CVE-2023-31102. The vulnerability was discovered in the Ppmd7.c component, which allows an integer underflow and invalid read operation when processing a crafted 7Z archive (NVD).
The vulnerability is classified with a CVSS score of 7.8 (High severity) with the vector AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The issue specifically occurs within the parsing of 7Z files and results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can lead to an integer underflow before writing to memory (ZDI).
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process. The attack requires user interaction, specifically that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file (ZDI).
7-Zip has released an update to version 23.00 to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to upgrade to this version or later to mitigate the risk (ZDI).
Source: This report was generated using AI
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