CVE-2025-5917
Low
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.
SeverityLow
CVSS2.8
Exploit probability—
Product
Libarchive
PublishedJun 9, 2025
First seenJun 9, 2025
Weakness typeCWE-787Out-of-bounds write
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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