CVE-2025-5916
Low
Description
A vulnerability has been identified in the libarchive library. This flaw involves an integer overflow that can be triggered when processing a Web Archive (WARC) file that claims to have more than INT64_MAX - 4 content bytes. An attacker could craft a malicious WARC archive to induce this overflow, potentially leading to unpredictable program behavior, memory corruption, or a denial-of-service condition within applications that process such archives using libarchive. This bug affects libarchive versions prior to 3.8.0.
SeverityLow
CVSS3.9
Exploit probability—
Product
Libarchive
PublishedJun 9, 2025
First seenJun 9, 2025
Weakness typeCWE-190Integer overflow
How to fix
Update
- libarchive libarchive3.8.0 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| libarchive libarchive | v < 3.8.0 | 3.8.0 |
| redhat openshift_container_platform | 4.0 | — |
| redhat enterprise_linux | 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0 | — |
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