Integer Overflow Vulnerability in libarchive Affects Multiple Applications
CVE-2025-5916

3.9LOW

Key Information:

Vendor

Red Hat
Status
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Vendor
CVE Published:
9 June 2025

What is CVE-2025-5916?

A critical vulnerability in the libarchive library allows for an integer overflow when handling WARC files that incorrectly claim to contain more than INT64_MAX - 4 bytes of content. An attacker can exploit this flaw by crafting a malicious WARC archive, leading to unpredictable behaviors such as memory corruption or even denial-of-service conditions in applications utilizing libarchive for archive processing.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5916
vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2370872
issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/2568

CVSS V3.1

Score:
3.9
Severity:
LOW
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
None
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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CVE-2025-5916 : Integer Overflow Vulnerability in libarchive Affects Multiple Applications