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CVE-2025-5917 Detail

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.


Metrics

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Hyperlink Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5917
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2370874
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/2588
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/releases/tag/v3.8.0

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write Red Hat, Inc.  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-5917
NVD Published Date:
06/09/2025
NVD Last Modified:
06/12/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.