ghsa-29vm-vjqm-q2mx
Vulnerability from github
Published
2025-06-09 21:30
Modified
2025-06-09 21:30
Severity ?
2.8 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Details

A vulnerability has been identified in the libarchive library. This flaw involves an 'off-by-one' miscalculation when handling prefixes and suffixes for file names. This can lead to a 1-byte write overflow. While seemingly small, such an overflow can corrupt adjacent memory, leading to unpredictable program behavior, crashes, or in specific circumstances, could be leveraged as a building block for more sophisticated exploitation.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-5917"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-787"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-06-09T20:15:27Z",
    "severity": "LOW"
  },
  "details": "A vulnerability has been identified in the libarchive library. This flaw involves an \u0027off-by-one\u0027 miscalculation when handling prefixes and suffixes for file names. This can lead to a 1-byte write overflow. While seemingly small, such an overflow can corrupt adjacent memory, leading to unpredictable program behavior, crashes, or in specific circumstances, could be leveraged as a building block for more sophisticated exploitation.",
  "id": "GHSA-29vm-vjqm-q2mx",
  "modified": "2025-06-09T21:30:52Z",
  "published": "2025-06-09T21:30:52Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5917"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/2588"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5917"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2370874"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/releases/tag/v3.8.0"
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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