CVE-2025-5917

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libarchive (affected versions not specified)

Description A flaw has been identified in the libarchive library involving an 'off-by-one' miscalculation when handling prefixes and suffixes for file names. This can lead to a 1-byte write overflow, potentially corrupting adjacent memory and causing unpredictable program behavior, crashes, or could be used as a building block for more sophisticated exploitation.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.