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.
CVE-2025-5914
Score 3.9 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2025-06-09. NVD baseline CVSS 7.8; sources differ by 3.9.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.8
- EG Score
- 3.9(medium)
- EPSS
- 24.8%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 9, 2025
Last Modified
July 21, 2026
Advisory Details (10)
Auto-updated Jun 25, 2026Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP So
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14808Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14528Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Serv
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14525Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14142Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14141Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14137Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14135Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14130Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-5914(20)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2026:1541Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.15.61 bug fix and security update
- RHSA-2026:0934Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Release of OpenShift Serverless Logic 1.36.0 security update & enhancements
- RHSA-2026:0326Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.55 bug fix and security update
- RHSA-2025:21913Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift File Integrity Operator bug fix and enhancement update
- RHSA-2025:21885Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Compliance Operator bug fix and enhancement update
- RHSA-2025:19041Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.14.58 bug fix and security update
- RHSA-2025:19046Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.18.27 bug fix and security update
- RHSA-2025:18217Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.19.17 bug fix and security update
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Patch Availability(30)
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(9)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2025-59142025-09-04
Libarchive: double free at archive_read_format_rar_seek_data() in archive_read_support_format_rar.c
- Red HatRHSA-2025:14130IMPORTANT2025-05-20
RHSA-2025:14130 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2025:14135IMPORTANT2025-05-20
RHSA-2025:14135 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2025:14137IMPORTANT2025-05-20
RHSA-2025:14137 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2025:14141IMPORTANT2025-05-20
RHSA-2025:14141 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2025:14142IMPORTANT2025-05-20
RHSA-2025:14142 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2025:14525IMPORTANT2025-05-20
RHSA-2025:14525 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2025:14528IMPORTANT2025-05-20
RHSA-2025:14528 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2025:14594IMPORTANT2025-05-20
RHSA-2025:14594 — Important
Data Freshness Timeline
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