USN-7438-1: 7-Zip vulnerabilities

15 April 2025

Several security issues were fixed in 7-Zip.

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Releases

Packages

  • 7zip - 7-Zip file archiver with a high compression ratio

Details

Igor Pavlov discovered that 7-Zip had several memory-related issues.
An attacker could possibly use these issues to cause 7-Zip to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2023-52168, CVE-2023-52169)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 24.04
Ubuntu 22.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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