CVE-2026-24857

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

`bulk_extractor` is a digital forensics exploitation tool. Starting in version 1.4, `bulk_extractor`’s embedded unrar code has a heap‑buffer‑overflow in the RAR PPM LZ decoding path. A crafted RAR inside a disk image causes an out‑of‑bounds write in `Unpack::CopyString`, leading to a crash under ASAN (and likely a crash or memory corruption in production builds). There's potential for using this for RCE. As of time of publication, no known patches are available.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-122 CWE-787

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
simsong	bulk_extractor	>= 1.4, <= 2.1.1

References

https://github.com/simsong/bulk_extractor/security/advisories/GHSA-rh8m-9xrx-q64qExploit, Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/simsong/bulk_extractor/security/advisories/GHSA-rh8m-9xrx-q64qExploit, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jan 28, 2026
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Analyzed

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