CVE-2024-33899

Publication date 29 April 2024

Last updated 30 May 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

RARLAB WinRAR before 7.00, on Linux and UNIX platforms, allows attackers to spoof the screen output, or cause a denial of service, via ANSI escape sequences.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
unrar-nonfree	25.04 plucky	Not affected
	24.10 oracular	Not affected
	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 1:6.1.5-1ubuntu0.1
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 1:5.6.6-2ubuntu0.1
	18.04 LTS bionic	Needs evaluation
	16.04 LTS xenial	Needs evaluation

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
unrar-nonfree	Upstream: 5faaa45

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.1 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-7350-1
UnRAR vulnerabilities
12 March 2025