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Critical 7-Zip vulnerability risks code execution on millions of machines

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A critical security vulnerability, rated 8.8 on the CVE scale, has been discovered in the widely-used open-source file archiving utility 7-Zip. This flaw allows for arbitrary code execution simply by opening a specially crafted archive, even without extracting its contents. The vulnerability affects hundreds of millions of machines across various operating systems, including Windows and Linux distributions, and impacts numerous third-party applications that integrate 7-Zip libraries. AI

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Critical 7-Zip vulnerability risks code execution on millions of machines

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  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Bruno Ferreira ·

    Wide-ranging 7-zip vulnerability with 8.8 CVE rating allows for code execution — hundreds of millions of machines potentially at risk

    Wide-ranging 7-zip vulnerability allows for code execution and has an 8.8 CVE rating, hundreds of millions of machines potentially vulnerable

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Wide-ranging 7-zip vulnerability with 8.8 CVE rating allows for code execution — hundreds of millions of machines potentially at risk Wide-ranging 7-zip vulnera

    Wide-ranging 7-zip vulnerability with 8.8 CVE rating allows for code execution — hundreds of millions of machines potentially at risk Wide-ranging 7-zip vulnerability allows for code execution and has an 8.8 CVE rating, hundreds of millions of machines potentially vulnerable http…

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