Libarchive Libarchive
CVE-2025-5917
A vulnerability has been identified in the libarchive library. This flaw involves an 'off-by-one' miscalculation when handling prefixes and suffixes for file names. This can lead to a 1-byte write overflow. While seemingly small, such an overflow can corrupt adjacent memory, leading to unpredictable program behavior, crashes, or in specific circumstances, could be leveraged as a building block for more sophisticated exploitation. This bug affects libarchive versions prior to 3.8.0.
What this means for your business
- It affects Libarchive. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
- An attacker can use it only with access to the machine itself, with an ordinary user login, but only after tricking someone into an action such as opening a file or a link.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Libarchive, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
- 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 2.8 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Assigned by
- secalert@redhat.com
Dates
- Published
- 2025-06-09
- Last modified
- 2026-09-01
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Libarchive Libarchive- 3.8.0
- Redhat Openshift Container Platform4.0
- Redhat Enterprise Linux6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.