CVE-2025-5917
Publication date 9 June 2025
Last updated 26 June 2025
Ubuntu priority
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.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| libarchive | 25.10 questing |
Fixed 3.7.7-0ubuntu3
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| 25.04 plucky |
Fixed 3.7.7-0ubuntu2.3
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| 24.04 LTS noble |
Fixed 3.7.2-2ubuntu0.5
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Fixed 3.6.0-1ubuntu1.5
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
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| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Needs evaluation
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Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
2.8 · Low
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| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | Low |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | Low |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-7601-1
- libarchive vulnerabilities
- 26 June 2025