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Medium · 5.5 CVE-2025-53817 EUVD-2025-21790

GHSL-2025-059 - 7-Zip - Null pointer array write attempt in NArchive::NCom::CHandler::GetStream

Published Jul 17, 2025 · Updated Nov 4, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
ipavlov 7-Zip < 25.0.0 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 7zip 25.00+dfsg-1 —
Debian 13 7zip 25.00+dfsg-1 —
Debian 13 p7zip 16.02+transitional.1 —
Debian 12 7zip 22.01+really25.01+dfsg-0+deb12u1 —
Debian 12 p7zip 16.02+really25.01+dfsg-0+deb12u1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS 7zip No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS 7zip No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 p7zip 16.02-150200.14.15.1 SUSE-SU-2025:3791-1
SLES 15 SP6 p7zip 16.02-150200.14.15.1 SUSE-SU-2025:3791-1
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 16.0 7zip 25.01-160000.1.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20592-1
SLES 16.0 7zip 25.01-160000.1.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20592-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed 7zip 25.01-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2025:15523-1
openSUSE Leap 16.0 7zip 25.01-160000.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:20273-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 p7zip 16.02-150200.14.15.1 SUSE-SU-2025:3791-1

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