CVE-2025-5914
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2025-06-09 | |
| Impact: | Important | What is this? |
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.
See more information about CVE-2025-5914 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 metrics
| Base Score: | 7.3 |
| Vector String: | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Version: | 3.1 |
| Attack Vector: | Local |
| Attack Complexity: | Low |
| Privileges Required: | Low |
| User Interaction: | Required |
| Scope: | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact: | High |
| Integrity Impact: | High |
| Availability Impact: | High |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 10 (libarchive) | ELSA-2025-14137 | 2025-08-20 |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (libarchive) | ELSA-2025-14135 | 2025-08-20 |
| Oracle Linux version 9 (libarchive) | ELSA-2025-14130 | 2025-08-20 |
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