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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

15 Aug 2025, 18:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
First Time Redhat openshift Container Platform
Redhat enterprise Linux
Libarchive
Redhat
Libarchive libarchive
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : 2.8
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.0
References () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5917 - () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5917 - Vendor Advisory
References () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2370874 - () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2370874 - Issue Tracking
References () https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/2588 - () https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/2588 - Patch
References () https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/releases/tag/v3.8.0 - () https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/releases/tag/v3.8.0 - Release Notes

09 Jun 2025, 20:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-06-09 20:15

Updated : 2025-08-15 18:16


NVD link : CVE-2025-5917

Mitre link : CVE-2025-5917


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Products Affected

libarchive

  • libarchive

redhat

  • enterprise_linux
  • openshift_container_platform
CWE
CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write