CVE-2024-11477(7-zip / 7-zip)

LOWCVSS 7.8 · HIGH

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

7-Zip Zstandard Decompression Integer Underflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of 7-Zip. Interaction with this library is required to exploit this vulnerability but attack vectors may vary depending on the implementation. The specific flaw exists within the implementation of Zstandard decompression. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in an integer underflow before writing to memory. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-24346.

0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-191

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • 7-zip

Threat summary

  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Vendors
Products
7-zip

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-09-20: 109-20
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Full discourse1 post
  • Ashish Rana@AshishRanaX

    Crashing 7Zip: Understanding a DoS PoC for CVE-2024-11477 https://ashishranax.com/posts/CVE-2024-11477-PoC/ In this blog I am covering my attempt, thought process, and understanding of CVE-2024-11477. I was able to achieve DoS (not RCE) by modifying 2 bytes in a simple .zstd compressed file #cve202411477

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