CVE-2024-33899

Publication date 29 April 2024

Last updated 26 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.1 · High

Score breakdown

Description

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

Package Ubuntu Release Status
unrar-nonfree 25.10 questing
Not affected
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

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

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