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.

INFO

Published Date :

2026-01-28T21:30:35.410Z

Last Modified :

2026-01-29T18:01:12.601Z

Source :

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AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-24857 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Simsong
  • Bulk Extractor
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https://github.com/simsong/bulk_extractor/security/advisories/GHSA-rh8m-9xrx-q64q cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
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