CVE-2025-5916
Libarchive WARC Archive Integer Overflow Vulnerability
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.
INFO
Published Date :
June 9, 2025, 8:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
June 12, 2025, 4:06 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
2.5
Exploitability Score :
1.3
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New CVE Received by [email protected]
Jun. 09, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added 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. Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L Added CWE CWE-190 Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5916 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2370872 Added Reference https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/2568 Added Reference https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/releases/tag/v3.8.0
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