CVE-2025-5914
CVE-2025-5914: 1 tracked advisory record across Red Hat. Compare source-reported impact, fixes and remediation.
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1 advisory- Advisory severityHigh7.8
High [CVE-2025-5914] double free at archive_read_format_rar_seek_data in archive_read_support_format_rar.c
CVE-2025-5914Source published Source updated
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. The Red Hat Product Security team has rated this vulnerability as Important because it allows a local attacker with limited privileges to trigger a double-free in libarchive's RAR parser by providing a specially crafted RAR archive. Successful exploitation could result in code execution or application crashes. Red Hat severity: Important — CVSS 7.8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). Weakness…
- Affected products in this advisory
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
28 more entries in the full advisory.
- Source-reported affected versions
- Affected-version details not available in this record.
- Source-reported fixed versions
- 3.8.0
- libarchive-0:3.7.7-4.el10_0
- libarchive-0:3.1.2-14.el7_9.1
- libarchive-0:3.3.3-6.el8_10
46 more entries in the full advisory.
- Mitigation guidance
- No mitigation guidance extracted; consult the source.
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