CVE-2025-5914

high

Published 2025-08-20 · Modified 2026-06-05

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CVSS v3

7.8

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.8

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

AlmaLinux Fixed 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
9	Fixed	`bsdtar-3.5.3-6.el9_6.aarch64.rpm`
8	Fixed	`libarchive-3.3.3-6.el8_10.i686.rpm`

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`3.7.4-4`
sid	Fixed	`3.7.4-4`
forky	Fixed	`3.7.4-4`
bullseye	Fixed	`3.4.3-2+deb11u3`
bookworm	Fixed	`3.6.2-1+deb12u3`

Red Hat Fixed 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
9	Fixed	—
8	Fixed	—

Rocky Linux Fixed 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
9	Fixed	—
8	Fixed	—

References

CWEs

CWE-190

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