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Vulnerabilities/CVE-2025-5914Public Intelligence Dossier
Source: libarchive · Limited verification•Last verified: •Collection Degraded
CVE-2025-5914Unknown / EvaluatingHIGH (raw)CVSS 7.8CWE-190

A vulnerability has been identified in the libarchive library, specifically within the archive_read_format_rar_seek_data() function

Published: 10 Jun 2025•Last updated: 13 Oct 2026, 01:47 AM IST•Source identifier: secalert@redhat.com
Dossier completeness: source-provided sections 2 / 3 · rule guidance not available. Missing source facts count as incomplete.
Official source
CISA KEV catalog
Unknown
KEV status was not determined.
CVSS score
7.8HIGH (raw)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Metric sourcesecalert@redhat.com
EPSS probability
0.4%0.004
Percentile37th
Weakness type
CWE-190
No further CWE recorded
Remediation
Patch status unknown
No fixed version or KB recorded

Why It Matters

Analysis dossier

Why It Matters

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.

SOC priority

High

Actively exploited

Unknown

Publicly disclosed

Unknown

Risk basis: SOC ecosystem technology relevance; HIGH severity; No confirmed exploitation signal in current enrichment

Affected Products & Remediation

3 source-backed products
Affected products and versions (source)
  • libarchive libarchive · < 3.8.0 · NVD CPE · Source
  • redhat openshift container platform · 4.0 · NVD CPE · Source
  • redhat enterprise linux · 6.0; 7.0; 8.0; 9.0; 10.0 · NVD CPE · Source
Recorded patch / KBNot provided by source

Vendor or catalog guidance (source)

Not provided by source

Known exploitation (source facts)

Only what a source states. Unknown means no source has said either way; it is not "not exploited".

CISA KEV
Unknown
Exploited (source statement)
Unknown
Publicly disclosed (source)
Unknown

Suggested hunting (rule-based inference)

SecOps Signal recommendation (rule-based inference). These steps are hunting hypotheses from the vulnerability class; they do not state or imply that exploitation occurred here or anywhere.

No rule-based guidance for this vulnerability class

CISA KEV Record

CISA KEV status was not determined for this record.

Change History & Source Data

— No recorded material change

CNA / source
secalert@redhat.com
Record status · verification
UPDATED · NVD API
CPE
cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Evidence & Provenance

3 public sources
github.comSource recordnvd.nist.govSource recordaccess.redhat.comSource record

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Detection Hunting Query
Target: DeviceTvmSoftwareVulnerabilities•Defender XDR
Detect endpoints exposed to CVE-2025-5914
Purpose: Exposure assessment (Category: Exposure Check)Why linked: Query metadata names CVE-2025-5914
DeviceTvmSoftwareVulnerabilities| where CveId == "CVE-2025-5914"| project DeviceId, DeviceName, OSPlatform, OSVersion, SoftwareVendor, SoftwareName, SoftwareVersion, CveId, VulnerabilitySeverityLevel, RecommendedSecurityUpdate, RecommendedSecurityUpdateId| sort by VulnerabilitySeverityLevel desc
Schema Checked · Not runtime validatedSource: SecOps Signal deterministic template · Limited verificationStatic screening: Passed structure and schema checks; tenant execution is not verified.
Open KQL Library

Correlated briefings

— No published briefing references this CVE

SecOps Signal surfaces public advisory facts only. A missing value means the source has not published it, not that your environment is unaffected. No tenant inventory is connected.