CVE-2025-53817 json
GHSL-2025-059 - 7-Zip - Null pointer array write attempt in NArchive::NCom::CHandler::GetStream
published 2025-07-17 15 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-21790
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.7%
- EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 53%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. 7-Zip supports extracting from Compound Documents. Prior to version 25.0.0, a null pointer dereference in the Compound handler may lead to denial of service. Version 25.0.0 contains a fix cor the issue.
Patch / fix
- 7-zip 7-zip 25.00
- 7zip Debian 12 22.01+really25.01+dfsg-0+deb12u1
- 7zip Debian 14, Debian 13 25.00+dfsg-1
- p7zip Debian 12 16.02+really25.01+dfsg-0+deb12u1
- p7zip Debian 13 16.02+transitional.1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-53817
- 7zip SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 25.01-160000.1.1
- p7zip SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 16.02-150200.14.15.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:20592-1SUSE-SU-2025:3791-1
- 7zip openSUSE Leap 16.0 25.01-160000.1.1
- 7zip openSUSE Tumbleweed 25.01-1.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:20273-1openSUSE-SU-2025:15523-1
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
cisa ICSA-26-181-01 updated cvss 5.0
Mitsubishi Electric MELSOFT Update Manager SW1DND-UDM-M
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Mitsubishi Electric MELSOFT Update Manager SW1DND-UDM-M >=1.000A, <=1.014Qaffected: vendor fix, mitigation “Mitsubishi Electric has identified the following specific workarounds and mitigations users can apply to reduce risk:” mitsubishielectric.co.jp
From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf
red hat product security vex CVE-2025-53817 updated cvss 4.0
7zip: 7-Zip Null pointer array write
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 15 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- securitylab.github.com https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2025-059_7-Zip/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
- openwall.com https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/07/18/2 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 5.5 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P |
| CNA | 4.0 | 5.5 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected products
- ipavlov 7-Zip
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
References
-
securitylab.github.com
/advisories/GHSL-2025-059_7-Zip/
exploit, third-party-advisory
-
openwall.com
/lists/oss-security/2025/07/18/2
exploit, mailing-list
- openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2025/07/18/2
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-53817
- NVD CVE-2025-53817
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