usn-7438-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2025-04-15 18:23
Modified
2026-04-27 14:11
Summary
7zip vulnerabilities
Details

Igor Pavlov discovered that 7-Zip had several memory-related issues. An attacker could possibly use these issues to cause 7-Zip to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-52168, CVE-2023-52169)

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  "id": "USN-7438-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-27T14:11:41Z",
  "published": "2025-04-15T18:23:02Z",
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