WinZip fixes a high-severity vulnerability

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[TLP:CLEAR] WinZip fixes a high-severity vulnerability

WinZip fixes a high-severity vulnerability with version 29.0 [1].

WinZip - RCE (CVE-2025-1240)

CVSS 8.8 (High)

An unauthenticated remote attacker, using social engineering, can execute code in the context of the currently running process on the victim's device due to insufficient input validation when processing 7Z files [1].

The vulnerability is present in product:

*:WinZip;<29.0;

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

More information:

CVE-2025-1240 at cve.org, NVD
CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write at cwe.mitre.org

The vulnerability was publicly disclosed 11. 2. 2025.

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[TLP:CLEAR] WinZip fixes a high-severity vulnerability

WinZip - RCE (CVE-2025-1240)

CVSS 8.8 (High)

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