Is CVE-2025-5917 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-5917 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-12-12.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-5917?

CVE-2025-5917 has a CVSS score of 2.8 (LOW severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

How do I patch CVE-2025-5917?

Patch guidance is available from libarchive security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2025-5917.

CVE-2025-5917 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2025-5917?

7 products: libarchive libarchive, redhat openshift container platform, redhat enterprise linux, redhat enterprise linux, redhat enterprise linux, and 2 more.

Description

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. This bug affects libarchive versions prior to 3.8.0.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector: local
Complexity: low
Privileges: low
User Action: required
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: low
Weaknesses: CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write

Metadata

Primary Vendor: LIBARCHIVE
Published: 6/9/2025
Last Modified: 12/12/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

libarchive : libarchiveredhat : openshift_container_platformredhat : enterprise_linuxredhat : enterprise_linuxredhat : enterprise_linuxredhat : enterprise_linuxredhat : enterprise_linux

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD