CVE-2025-5917

LOW

libarchive < 3.8.0 - Out-of-bounds Write via File Name Prefix/Suffix Handling

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (4)

Core 4

Core References

Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_redhat

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5917

Issue Tracking issue-tracking x_refsource_redhat

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2370874

Patch

https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/2588

Release Notes

https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/releases/tag/v3.8.0

Scores

CVSS v3 2.8

EPSS 0.0016

EPSS Percentile 6.0%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-787

Status published

Products (14)

libarchive/libarchive < 3.8.0

Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Red Hat/Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System 1

Red Hat/Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

redhat/enterprise_linux 6.0

redhat/enterprise_linux 7.0

... and 4 more

Published Jun 09, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026