CVE-2026-14266
High · CVSS 7.8- CVSS
- 7.8
- nvd
- EPSS
- —
- KEV
- No
- Class
- other
- CWE-122
Description
7-Zip XZ Decompression Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of 7-Zip. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the processing of XZ chunked data. Crafted XZ-compressed data can trigger an overflow of a heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-30169.
References
Status: profiled · ingested 2026-08-08T00:00:16.000Z