Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting libarchive package, versions [,3.8.1)
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- published15 Jun 2025
- disclosed20 May 2025
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 20 May 2025
CVE-2025-5916 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade libarchive to version 3.8.1 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Integer Overflow or Wraparound via the archive_read_support_format_warc.c process. An attacker can cause memory corruption or unpredictable program behavior by supplying a specially crafted WARC file with an excessively large content length value.