INFSA-2025:14135: libarchive security update

Information about definition

Identificator: INFSA-2025:14135

Type: security

Release date: 2025-08-27 16:34:45 UTC

Information about package

The libarchive programming library can create and read several different streaming archive formats, including GNU tar, cpio, and ISO 9660 CD-ROM images. Libarchive is used notably in the bsdtar utility, scripting language bindings such as python-libarchive, and several popular desktop file managers.

Vulnerabilities description

  • CVE-2025-5914

    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.

Severity level

CVE Score CVSS 2.0 Score CVSS 3.x Score CVSS 4.0
NIST — CVE-2025-5914
 no information 7.3 no information
Critical, important, moderate, low

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