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CVE-2026-42484

CRITICAL Exploitation: PoC
9.8
CVSS 3.1
Description
A heap-based buffer overflow in hex_to_binary in the PKZIP hash parser in hashcat v7.1.2 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PKZIP hash file. The issue affects modules 17200, 17210, 17220, 17225, and 17230. When data_type_enum<=1, attacker-controlled hex data from a user-supplied hash string is decoded into a fixed-size buffer without proper input-length validation.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-42484
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Reserved
2026-04-27 00:00 UTC
Published
2026-05-01 00:00 UTC
Last updated
2026-05-01 18:35 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-787
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
Vendor / Product
n/a / n/a
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

9.8 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC — CISA Coordinator
Exploitation
PoC
Automatable
yes
Tech. Impact
total
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
n/a n/a — n/a
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
— cna n/a
CWE-787 adp CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
CVSS scores (1)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
9.8 CRITICAL 3.1 adp CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References (1)
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