🛡️ AZL-63863 — libarchive
Description
CVE-2025-5916 affecting package libarchive for versions less than 3.6.1-7
A vulnerability has been identified in the libarchive library. This flaw involves an integer overflow that can be triggered when processing a Web Archive (WARC) file that claims to have more than INT64_MAX - 4 content bytes. An attacker could craft a malicious WARC archive to induce this overflow, potentially leading to unpredictable program behavior, memory corruption, or a denial-of-service condition within applications that process such archives using libarchive. This bug affects libarchive versions prior to 3.8.0.
Affected software
AZL-63863 is recorded against 1 package.
- libarchive (fixed in 3.6.1-7)
Timeline and source
Published on 9 June 2025 and last revised on 21 April 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
Details
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| libarchive | — | 3.6.1-7 |
References
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