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This flaw involves an integer overflow that can be triggered when processing a Web Archive (WARC) file that claims to have more than INT64_MAX - 4 content bytes. An attacker could craft a malicious WARC archive to induce this overflow, potentially leading to unpredictable program behavior, memory corruption, or a denial-of-service condition within applications that process such archives using libarchive. This bug affects libarchive versions prior to 3.8.0.", "title": "Vulnerability description" }, { "category": "general", "text": "The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.", "title": "CVSS score applicability" } ], "product_status": { "known_affected": [ "Ubuntu-18:bsdcpio-0:3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7+tuxcare.els1.all", "Ubuntu-18:bsdcpio-0:3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7.all", "Ubuntu-18:bsdtar-0:3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7+tuxcare.els1.all", "Ubuntu-18:bsdtar-0:3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7.all", "Ubuntu-18:libarchive-dev-0:3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7+tuxcare.els1.amd64", "Ubuntu-18:libarchive-dev-0:3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7.amd64", "Ubuntu-18:libarchive-tools-0:3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7+tuxcare.els1.amd64", "Ubuntu-18:libarchive-tools-0:3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7.amd64", "Ubuntu-18:libarchive13-0:3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7+tuxcare.els1.amd64", "Ubuntu-18:libarchive13-0:3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7.amd64" ] }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "Canonical URL", "url": "https://cve.tuxcare.com/els/cve/CVE-2025-5916" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5916", "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5916" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2370872", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2370872" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/2568", "url": "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/2568" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/releases/tag/v3.8.0", "url": "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/releases/tag/v3.8.0" } ], "release_date": "2025-06-09T20:15:00Z", "remediations": [ { "category": "no_fix_planned", "date": "2026-08-22T12:11:54.515932Z", "details": "This issue is only reachable when an application deliberately processes a crafted Web ARChive (WARC) file whose header claims an extremely large content length, so the vector is local, requires user interaction, and offers no privilege escalation. The practical impact is confined to denial‑of‑service or erratic behavior within the parsing process (no integrity impact and no demonstrated remote code execution), and libarchive itself is not a network‑exposed service—parsing occurs only when a workload explicitly feeds it such input. Only versions prior to 3.8.0 are affected, so environments that do not ingest untrusted WARC files can safely deprioritize this CVE.", "product_ids": [ "Ubuntu-18:bsdcpio-0:3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7+tuxcare.els1.all", "Ubuntu-18:bsdcpio-0:3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7.all", "Ubuntu-18:bsdtar-0:3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7+tuxcare.els1.all", "Ubuntu-18:bsdtar-0:3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7.all", "Ubuntu-18:libarchive-dev-0:3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7+tuxcare.els1.amd64", "Ubuntu-18:libarchive-dev-0:3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7.amd64", "Ubuntu-18:libarchive-tools-0:3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7+tuxcare.els1.amd64", "Ubuntu-18:libarchive-tools-0:3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7.amd64", "Ubuntu-18:libarchive13-0:3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7+tuxcare.els1.amd64", "Ubuntu-18:libarchive13-0:3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7.amd64" ] } ], "scores": [ { "cvss_v3": { "attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 5.6, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "LOW", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "REQUIRED", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1" }, "products": [ "Ubuntu-18:bsdcpio-0:3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7+tuxcare.els1.all", "Ubuntu-18:bsdcpio-0:3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7.all", "Ubuntu-18:bsdtar-0:3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7+tuxcare.els1.all", "Ubuntu-18:bsdtar-0:3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7.all", "Ubuntu-18:libarchive-dev-0:3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7+tuxcare.els1.amd64", "Ubuntu-18:libarchive-dev-0:3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7.amd64", "Ubuntu-18:libarchive-tools-0:3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7+tuxcare.els1.amd64", "Ubuntu-18:libarchive-tools-0:3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7.amd64", "Ubuntu-18:libarchive13-0:3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7+tuxcare.els1.amd64", "Ubuntu-18:libarchive13-0:3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7.amd64" ] } ], "threats": [ { "category": "impact", "details": "Moderate" } ] } ] }