CVE-2025-5915
Libarchive: heap buffer over read in copy_from_lzss_window() at archive_read_support_format_rar.c
02 Description
Libarchive: heap buffer over read in copy_from_lzss_window() at archive_read_support_format_rar.c
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.19% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 9.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.6 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-09-01.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2025-06-09 19:49Z1 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-09-01 12:08Z1 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-06-09
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.6)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowVariant
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- c4c67256accfeec6b1bc385097faa8f125f932ae1e08728fa4a90c01ea090290
05 Affected products
06 References
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5915
- bugzilla.redhat.comRHBZ#2370865https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2370865
- github.comhttps://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/2599
- github.comhttps://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/releases/tag/v3.8.0
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libarchive Fixed in 3.6.2-1+deb12u3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libarchive Fixed in 3.7.4-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libarchive Fixed in 3.7.4-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- libarchive Fixed in 3.6.0-1ubuntu1.5
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- libarchive Fixed in 3.7.2-2ubuntu0.5
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 25.10
- libarchive Fixed in 3.7.7-0ubuntu3
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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