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CVE-2025-5914

high

A vulnerability has been identified in the libarchive library, specifically within the archive_read_format_rar_seek_data() function.

Vendor / product: Libarchive — libarchive

A vulnerability has been identified in the libarchive library, specifically within the archive_read_format_rar_seek_data() function. This flaw involves an integer overflow that can ultimately lead to a double-free condition. Exploiting a double-free vulnerability can result in memory corruption, enabling an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition.

CVSS
7.8
7.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2025-06-09 20:15
Modified: 2026-11-04 22:17
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 2 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-04 22:37 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

libarchive / libarchive <3.8.0
redhat / openshift_container_platform 4.0
redhat / enterprise_linux 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-190

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/2598
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/2598

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-04 22:37 UTC · record ↗

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