8.4
HIGH CVSS 4.0
CVE-2026-102514
Out-of-bounds write in PeaZip PEA extractor allows code execution via a crafted .pea archive
Description

Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) in the PEA archive extraction routine (pea.pas, unpea_procedure) of the first-party pea component in PeaZip 11.2.0 and earlier allows an attacker who convinces a victim to open or extract a crafted .pea archive to execute arbitrary code as the user running PeaZip. While decompressing a PCOMPRESS1 stream, the 32-bit compressed-block-size field of the first block (compsize) is read directly from the archive and used without validation as the length of a blockread into the fixed-size global buffers wbuf1/wbuf2 (1,114,112 bytes) and as the bound of the subsequent copy loop. The existing check "compsize > WBUFSIZE" is applied only to the size of each following block, so the first block escapes it; the same unvalidated value is also used to index wbuf1[compsize], an out-of-bounds read at an attacker-chosen offset. The copy loop additionally copies the requested length instead of the number of bytes actually read, and terminates on equality rather than on an upper bound. Because the project is built without range checking and no archive password, integrity tag or non-default configuration is required, the overflow overwrites adjacent global data; code execution was demonstrated by two independent researchers against the official Linux x86-64 and Windows x64 builds, and the denial-of-service and memory-corruption primitive is cross-platform (Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD).

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 1, 2026, 9:17 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 1, 2026, 9:17 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

4daa8cea-433a-44bd-9456-53b127fc289a
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-102514 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Peazip peazip
CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
CVSS 4.0 HIGH 4daa8cea-433a-44bd-9456-53b127fc289a
CVSS 4.0 HIGH 4daa8cea-433a-44bd-9456-53b127fc289a
Solution
Update PeaZip to a version that addresses the out-of-bounds write vulnerability in archive extraction.
  • Update to the latest version of PeaZip.
  • Ensure archive extraction routines are validated.
  • Apply bounds checking for buffer operations.
  • Validate compressed block sizes.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2026-102514.

URL Resource
https://github.com/peazip/PeaZip/commit/90ddbaee0945a4d8ffa4d972d43711bbfb9576ba
https://secur0.com/en/cna/cve-list/cve-2026-102514-out-of-bounds-write-in-peazip-pea-extractor
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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  • New CVE Received by 4daa8cea-433a-44bd-9456-53b127fc289a

    Oct. 01, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) in the PEA archive extraction routine (pea.pas, unpea_procedure) of the first-party pea component in PeaZip 11.2.0 and earlier allows an attacker who convinces a victim to open or extract a crafted .pea archive to execute arbitrary code as the user running PeaZip. While decompressing a PCOMPRESS1 stream, the 32-bit compressed-block-size field of the first block (compsize) is read directly from the archive and used without validation as the length of a blockread into the fixed-size global buffers wbuf1/wbuf2 (1,114,112 bytes) and as the bound of the subsequent copy loop. The existing check "compsize > WBUFSIZE" is applied only to the size of each following block, so the first block escapes it; the same unvalidated value is also used to index wbuf1[compsize], an out-of-bounds read at an attacker-chosen offset. The copy loop additionally copies the requested length instead of the number of bytes actually read, and terminates on equality rather than on an upper bound. Because the project is built without range checking and no archive password, integrity tag or non-default configuration is required, the overflow overwrites adjacent global data; code execution was demonstrated by two independent researchers against the official Linux x86-64 and Windows x64 builds, and the denial-of-service and memory-corruption primitive is cross-platform (Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD).
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
    Added CWE CWE-787
    Added Affected New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/102xxx/CVE-2026-102514.json">CVE-2026-102514</a>
    Added Reference https://github.com/peazip/PeaZip/commit/90ddbaee0945a4d8ffa4d972d43711bbfb9576ba
    Added Reference https://secur0.com/en/cna/cve-list/cve-2026-102514-out-of-bounds-write-in-peazip-pea-extractor
  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Oct. 01, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added SSVC {'id': 'CVE-2026-102514', 'role': 'CISA Coordinator', 'options': [{'exploitation': 'none'}, {'automatable': 'no'}, {'technicalImpact': 'total'}], 'version': '2.0.3', 'timestamp': '2026-10-01T20:24:09.150452Z'}
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