CVE-2012-6706

9.8 CRITICAL
Published: June 22, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026
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Description

A VMSF_DELTA memory corruption was discovered in unrar before 5.5.5, as used in Sophos Anti-Virus Threat Detection Engine before 3.37.2 and other products, that can lead to arbitrary code execution. An integer overflow can be caused in DataSize+CurChannel. The result is a negative value of the "DestPos" variable, which allows the attacker to write out of bounds when setting Mem[DestPos].

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1027725
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://telussecuritylabs.com/threats/show/TSL20121207-01
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1286
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/118424#six
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
https://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/sophailv2.pdf
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1027725
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://telussecuritylabs.com/threats/show/TSL20121207-01
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1286
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/118424#six
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10205
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/sophailv2.pdf
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/11/05/tavis-ormandy-sophos/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-05
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-24
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-16
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
9.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
10.0%
95th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

rarlab sophos