CVE-2025-5914

HIGHNVD 7.87.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 7.8 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.4%, top 70% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory enrichment pending alignment with NVD CVSS.

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 4 sources updated this weekElevated
7.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8(medium)
EG Risk
51(Track)
EG Risk 51/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity78% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
30%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 9, 2025

Last Modified

September 1, 2026

Advisory Details (10)

Auto-updated Jun 25, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
redhat Patch Available

Affected: 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-2025:14808
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14644
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14594
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14528
redhat Patch Available

Affected: 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-2025:14525
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14142
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14141
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14137
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14135
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14130

Vendor 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.

Patch Availability(30)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulibarchive13t64 (3.7.4-1ubuntu0.3) @ oracular2026-08-25ubuntu
ubuntulibarchive13 (3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.8+esm2) @ xenial2026-08-25ubuntu
redhatrhcos-415.92.202601271320-02026-02-05redhat
redhatopenshift-serverless-1/logic-swf-devmode-rhel8:1.36.0-72026-01-22redhat
redhatrhcos-416.94.202601071926-02026-01-15redhat
redhatcompliance/openshift-file-integrity-rhel8-operator:v1.32025-11-21redhat
redhatcompliance/openshift-compliance-rhel8-operator:1.8.02025-11-20redhat
redhatrhcos-414.92.202510211419-02025-10-30redhat
redhatrhcos-418.94.202510230424-02025-10-29redhat
redhatrhcos-4.19.9.6.202510140714-02025-10-22redhat
redhatrhcos-417.94.202510112152-02025-10-22redhat
redhatrhcos-4.20.9.6.202509251656-02025-10-21redhat
redhatcert-manager/jetstack-cert-manager-rhel9:v1.16.5-17605157572025-10-16redhat
redhatdiscovery/discovery-server-rhel9:2.2.1-17585559342025-09-23redhat
redhatweb-terminal/web-terminal-tooling-rhel9:1.12-42025-09-15redhat
redhatweb-terminal/web-terminal-tooling-rhel9:1.11-82025-09-15redhat
redhatopenshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-rhel9-operator:1.10.2-17574218902025-09-11redhat
redhatlibarchive-0:3.5.3-5.el9_22025-09-02redhat
redhatlibarchive-0:3.3.3-6.el8_62025-08-28redhat
redhatlibarchive-0:3.3.3-1.el8_4.12025-08-28redhat
redhatlibarchive-0:3.1.2-14.el7_9.12025-08-28redhat
redhatrhosdt/jaeger-rhel8-operator:rhosdt-3.5-17561164452025-08-26redhat
redhatinsights-proxy/insights-proxy-container-rhel9:1.5.6-17561874452025-08-26redhat
redhatlibarchive-0:3.3.3-5.el8_8.12025-08-25redhat
redhatlibarchive-0:3.3.2-8.el8_2.12025-08-25redhat
redhatlibarchive-0:3.5.3-4.el9_4.12025-08-20redhat
redhatlibarchive-0:3.7.7-4.el10_02025-08-20redhat
redhatlibarchive-0:3.3.3-6.el8_102025-08-20redhat
redhatlibarchive-0:3.5.3-6.el9_62025-08-20redhat
redhatlibarchive-0:3.5.3-2.el9_0.12025-08-20redhat

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.

Affected Packages

(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
libarchive3.4.3-2, 3.4.3-2+deb11u1, 3.4.3-2+deb11u23.4.3-2+deb11u3—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
libarchive3.6.2-1, 3.6.2-1+deb12u1, 3.6.2-1+deb12u23.6.2-1+deb12u3—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
libarchive—3.7.4-4—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
libarchive—3.7.4-4—

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.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 15× in last 7d / 107× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 251 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-04 05:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-02 14:11 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-01 13:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-01 12:32 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-09-01 12:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-01 11:57 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-01 11:57 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-09-01 11:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-31 17:27 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-08-31 17:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-31 17:02 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-31 17:02 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-08-31 17:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-30 19:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-08-30 01:21 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-28 21:40 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-27 14:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-26 14:45 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-08-25 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-08-25 06:31 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-08-25 06:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-25 06:05 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-25 06:05 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-08-25 06:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-24 14:16 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-08-23 13:22 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-08-23 13:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-23 12:26 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-08-23 12:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-23 02:28 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-08-23 02:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-23 01:36 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-23 01:36 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-08-23 01:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-23 00:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-21 23:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-19 01:20 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-08-19 01:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-19 00:31 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-19 00:31 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-08-19 00:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-18 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-08-18 09:29 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-08-18 09:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-18 08:30 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-08-18 08:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-18 07:53 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-08-18 07:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-08-17 14:22 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-08-17 14:22 UTCVendor advisory
  28. 2026-08-17 14:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-08-17 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-08-17 13:31 UTCVendor advisory
  31. 2026-08-17 13:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-08-17 08:23 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-08-17 08:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-08-17 07:52 UTCVendor advisory
  35. 2026-08-17 07:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-08-16 19:25 UTCVendor advisory
  37. 2026-08-16 19:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-08-16 18:58 UTCEG score recompute
  39. 2026-08-16 18:58 UTCVendor advisory
  40. 2026-08-16 18:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-08-16 14:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  42. 2026-08-16 11:33 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-08-16 11:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-08-16 11:11 UTCEG score recompute
  45. 2026-08-16 11:11 UTCVendor advisory
  46. 2026-08-16 11:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-08-16 02:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  48. 2026-08-16 00:19 UTCVendor advisory
  49. 2026-08-16 00:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-08-15 23:23 UTCEG score recompute
  51. 2026-08-15 23:23 UTCVendor advisory
  52. 2026-08-15 23:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
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  55. 2026-08-13 21:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  56. 2026-08-13 21:18 UTCVendor advisory
  57. 2026-08-13 21:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  58. 2026-08-12 21:22 UTCVendor advisory
  59. 2026-08-12 21:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-08-12 21:09 UTCEG score recompute
  61. 2026-08-12 21:09 UTCVendor advisory
  62. 2026-08-12 21:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  63. 2026-08-12 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  64. 2026-08-11 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  65. 2026-08-10 23:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  66. 2026-08-09 17:01 UTCEG score recompute
  67. 2026-08-09 17:01 UTCVendor advisory
  68. 2026-08-09 17:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  69. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  70. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  71. 2026-08-09 04:21 UTCVendor advisory
  72. 2026-08-09 04:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  73. 2026-08-09 04:10 UTCVendor advisory
  74. 2026-08-09 04:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  75. 2026-08-08 17:23 UTCVendor advisory

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-5914?
CVE-2025-5914 is a high vulnerability published on June 9, 2025. A vulnerability has been identified in the libarchive library, specifically within the archivereadformatrarseek_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,…
When was CVE-2025-5914 disclosed?
CVE-2025-5914 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 9, 2025, with the most recent update on September 1, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-5914 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-5914 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 70.2% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-5914?
CVE-2025-5914 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-5914?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-5914, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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