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    CVE-2025-5914

    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.

    Published:May 20, 2025
    Last Modified:Aug 31, 2026
    EPS:Jun 9, 2025
    EPSS Score:0.00368
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Libarchive
    Product
    Libarchive
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Cert Manager
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Confidential Compute Attestation
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Discovery
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Insights Proxy
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Openshift
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Openshift Compliance Operator
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Openshift Container Platform
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Openshift Distributed Tracing
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Openshift File Integrity Operator
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Openshift Serverless
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Aus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel E4s
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Els
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Eus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Eus Long Life
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Tus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Webterminal

    Exploits

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

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-92 Forced Integer Overflow

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2026-16517 (CVSS 2.9) — A signed integer overflow vulnerability was found in libarchive's ZIP writer. In the archive_write_zip_header …
    CVE-2026-14164 (CVSS 7.5) — A double free issue has been identified in libarchive's RAR5 reader. During parsing of a specially crafted RAR…
    CVE-2026-5745 (CVSS 5.5) — A flaw was found in libarchive. A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the ACL parsing logic, spec…
    CVE-2026-5121 (CVSS 7.5) — A flaw was found in libarchive. On 32-bit systems, an integer overflow vulnerability exists in the zisofs bloc…
    CVE-2026-4424 (CVSS 7.5) — A flaw was found in libarchive. This heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the RAR archive processin…
    CVE-2026-4426 (CVSS 6.5) — A flaw was found in libarchive. An Undefined Behavior vulnerability exists in the zisofs decompression logic, …
    CVE-2025-60753 (CVSS 5.5) — An issue was discovered in libarchive bsdtar before version 3.8.1 in function apply_substitution in file tar/s…
    CVE-2025-5916 (CVSS 3.9) — A vulnerability has been identified in the libarchive library. This flaw involves an integer overflow that can…
    CVE-2025-5918 (CVSS 3.9) — A vulnerability has been identified in the libarchive library. This flaw can be triggered when file streams ar…
    CVE-2025-5917 (CVSS 2.8) — A vulnerability has been identified in the libarchive library. This flaw involves an 'off-by-one' miscalculati…

    References

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14130
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14135
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14137
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14141
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14142
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14525
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14528
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14594
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14644
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14808
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14810
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14828
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15024
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15397
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15709
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15827
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15828
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:16524
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:18217
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:18218
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:18219
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19041
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19046
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:21885
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:21913
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0326
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0934
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1541
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5914
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2370861
    https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/2598
    https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/releases/tag/v3.8.0
    https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-585531.html
    https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/2598

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