CVE-2026-14191

WinRAR / UnRAR RAR5 recovery-volume (.rev) out-of-bounds heap write in RecVolumes5::ReadHeader

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 1, 2026 at 02:41 AM UTC
Updated: July 9, 2026 at 06:16 AM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendorWinRARUnRARRAR

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

An out-of-bounds heap write exists in the RAR5 recovery-volume (.rev) parser in WinRAR and UnRAR (RecVolumes5::ReadHeader in recvol5.cpp). The RecItems vector is sized only when the first .rev file in a set is processed; subsequent .rev files supply an independent RecNum value that is validated against that file's own TotalCount field but never against the actual size of RecItems. A crafted set of two or more .rev files can therefore write an attacker-controlled 32-bit value (the header's RevCRC field) to RecItems[RecNum] at an attacker-controlled offset up to 65534 * sizeof(RecVolItem) bytes past the allocation, corrupting adjacent heap objects. Triggering requires the victim to run a recovery/test operation on an attacker-supplied .rev set (for example 'unrar t x.part1.rev', WinRAR 'Repair archive', or auto-recovery when extracting a volume set with a missing .rar part). This is the RAR5-path sibling of CVE-2023-40477 (which was fixed in the RAR3 path only in WinRAR 6.23). Fixed in WinRAR / RAR 7.23.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 7.23
Affected range stops below 7.23, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v ≤ 7.21v < 7.23
Affected range stops below 7.23, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 7.23
Affected range stops below 7.23, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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Patch and advisory references

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

7.8HIGHsecurin
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-787CWE-129

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