CVE Alert: CVE-2025-5914
Vulnerability Summary: 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.
Affected Endpoints:
No affected endpoints listed.
Published Date:
6/9/2025, 8:15:26 PM
❄️ CVSS Score:
Exploit Status:
Not ExploitedReferences:
- 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
Recommended Action:
No proposed action available. Please refer to vendor documentation for updates.
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