Libarchive

libarchive bsdtar <3.8.1 Unbounded Memory Allocation via -s Rule (DoS)
CVE-2025-60753 5.5 - Medium - November 05, 2025

An issue was discovered in libarchive bsdtar before version 3.8.1 in function apply_substitution in file tar/subst.c when processing crafted -s substitution rules. This can cause unbounded memory allocation and lead to denial of service (Out-of-Memory crash).

Infinite Loop

Libarchive OOB Read via bsdtar pipe (CVE-2025-5918)
CVE-2025-5918 3.9 - Low - June 09, 2025

A vulnerability has been identified in the libarchive library. This flaw can be triggered when file streams are piped into bsdtar, potentially allowing for reading past the end of the file. This out-of-bounds read can lead to unintended consequences, including unpredictable program behavior, memory corruption, or a denial-of-service condition.

Out-of-bounds Read

Integer Overflow in libarchive RAR Reader Causes Double-Free
CVE-2025-5914 7.8 - High - June 09, 2025

A vulnerability has been identified in the libarchive library, specifically within the archive_read_format_rar_seek_data() function. This flaw involves an integer overflow that can ultimately lead to a double-free condition. Exploiting a double-free vulnerability can result in memory corruption, enabling an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition.

Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Off-By-One Write Overflow in libarchive Prefix/Suffix Handling
CVE-2025-5917 2.8 - Low - June 09, 2025

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.

Memory Corruption

libarchive Integer Overflow on WARC File Processing (CVE-2025-5916)
CVE-2025-5916 3.9 - Low - June 09, 2025

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.

Integer Overflow or Wraparound

libarchive LZSS window overflow leads to heap buffer over-read
CVE-2025-5915 6.6 - Medium - June 09, 2025

A vulnerability has been identified in the libarchive library. This flaw can lead to a heap buffer over-read due to the size of a filter block potentially exceeding the Lempel-Ziv-Storer-Schieber (LZSS) window. This means the library may attempt to read beyond the allocated memory buffer, which can result in unpredictable program behavior, crashes (denial of service), or the disclosure of sensitive information from adjacent memory regions.

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Null Pointer Deref in libarchive <=3.7.6 (bsdtar)
CVE-2024-48615 - March 28, 2025

Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability in libarchive 3.7.6 and earlier when running program bsdtar in function header_pax_extension at rchive_read_support_format_tar.c:1844:8.

libarchive <=3.7.7 list_item_verbose insecure strftime -> DOS
CVE-2025-25724 7.8 - High - March 02, 2025

list_item_verbose in tar/util.c in libarchive through 3.7.7 does not check an strftime return value, which can lead to a denial of service or unspecified other impact via a crafted TAR archive that is read with a verbose value of 2. For example, the 100-byte buffer may not be sufficient for a custom locale.

Null Ptr Deref in libarchive 3.7.7 bsdunzip.c (CVE-2025-1632)
CVE-2025-1632 5.5 - Medium - February 24, 2025

A vulnerability was found in libarchive up to 3.7.7. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function list of the file bsdunzip.c. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

NULL Pointer Dereference

libarchive pre3.7.7 Heap OOB in TAR header_gnu_longlink
CVE-2024-57970 - February 16, 2025

libarchive through 3.7.7 has a heap-based buffer over-read in header_gnu_longlink in archive_read_support_format_tar.c via a TAR archive because it mishandles truncation in the middle of a GNU long linkname.

libarchive before 3.7.5: OOB via execute_filter_delta in RAR support
CVE-2024-48958 7.8 - High - October 10, 2024

execute_filter_delta in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive before 3.7.5 allows out-of-bounds access via a crafted archive file because src can move beyond dst.

Out-of-bounds Read

libarchive <3.7.5 OOB in execute_filter_audio (RAR)
CVE-2024-48957 7.8 - High - October 10, 2024

execute_filter_audio in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive before 3.7.5 allows out-of-bounds access via a crafted archive file because src can move beyond dst.

Out-of-bounds Read

Libarchive <3.7.4 OOB via Empty ZIP Entry w/mac-ext
CVE-2024-37407 9.1 - Critical - June 08, 2024

Libarchive before 3.7.4 allows name out-of-bounds access when a ZIP archive has an empty-name file and mac-ext is enabled. This occurs in slurp_central_directory in archive_read_support_format_zip.c.

Out-of-bounds Read

Libarchive RCE (CVE202426256)
CVE-2024-26256 7.8 - High - April 09, 2024

Libarchive Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Memory Corruption

Libarchive <=3.6.2: Race Clears umask worldwritable dir perms (CVE-2023-30571)
CVE-2023-30571 5.3 - Medium - May 29, 2023

Libarchive through 3.6.2 can cause directories to have world-writable permissions. The umask() call inside archive_write_disk_posix.c changes the umask of the whole process for a very short period of time; a race condition with another thread can lead to a permanent umask 0 setting. Such a race condition could lead to implicit directory creation with permissions 0777 (without the sticky bit), which means that any low-privileged local user can delete and rename files inside those directories.

Race Condition

Libarchive <3.6.2 NPE via calloc null ptr -> code exec risk
CVE-2022-36227 - November 22, 2022

In libarchive before 3.6.2, the software does not check for an error after calling calloc function that can return with a NULL pointer if the function fails, which leads to a resultant NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: the discoverer cites this CWE-476 remark but third parties dispute the code-execution impact: "In rare circumstances, when NULL is equivalent to the 0x0 memory address and privileged code can access it, then writing or reading memory is possible, which may lead to code execution."

libarchive Improper Link Resolution in Archive Extraction (CVE-2021-31566)
CVE-2021-31566 7.8 - High - August 23, 2022

An improper link resolution flaw can occur while extracting an archive leading to changing modes, times, access control lists, and flags of a file outside of the archive. An attacker may provide a malicious archive to a victim user, who would trigger this flaw when trying to extract the archive. A local attacker may use this flaw to gain more privileges in a system.

insecure temporary file

Archive Extractor Improper Link Resolution Allows ACL Escalation
CVE-2021-23177 7.8 - High - August 23, 2022

An improper link resolution flaw while extracting an archive can lead to changing the access control list (ACL) of the target of the link. An attacker may provide a malicious archive to a victim user, who would trigger this flaw when trying to extract the archive. A local attacker may use this flaw to change the ACL of a file on the system and gain more privileges.

insecure temporary file

Libarchive v3.6.0 was discovered to contain an out-of-bounds read
CVE-2022-26280 - March 28, 2022

Libarchive v3.6.0 was discovered to contain an out-of-bounds read via the component zipx_lzma_alone_init.

libarchive 3.4.1 through 3.5.1 has a use-after-free in copy_string (called
CVE-2021-36976 - July 20, 2021

libarchive 3.4.1 through 3.5.1 has a use-after-free in copy_string (called from do_uncompress_block and process_block).

Heap-based buffer overflow in archive_string_append_from_wcs() (archive_string.c) in libarchive-3.4.1dev
CVE-2020-21674 6.5 - Medium - October 15, 2020

Heap-based buffer overflow in archive_string_append_from_wcs() (archive_string.c) in libarchive-3.4.1dev allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write in heap memory resulting into a crash) via a crafted archive file. NOTE: this only affects users who downloaded the development code from GitHub. Users of the product's official releases are unaffected.

Memory Corruption

archive_read_support_format_rar5.c in libarchive before 3.4.2 attempts to unpack a RAR5 file with an invalid or corrupted header (such as a header size of zero)
CVE-2020-9308 - February 20, 2020

archive_read_support_format_rar5.c in libarchive before 3.4.2 attempts to unpack a RAR5 file with an invalid or corrupted header (such as a header size of zero), leading to a SIGSEGV or possibly unspecified other impact.

In Libarchive 3.4.0, archive_wstring_append_from_mbs in archive_string.c has an out-of-bounds read
CVE-2019-19221 - November 21, 2019

In Libarchive 3.4.0, archive_wstring_append_from_mbs in archive_string.c has an out-of-bounds read because of an incorrect mbrtowc or mbtowc call. For example, bsdtar crashes via a crafted archive.

libarchive version commit 5a98dcf8a86364b3c2c469c85b93647dfb139961 onwards (version v2.8.0 onwards) contains a CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') vulnerability in ISO9660 parser, archive_read_support_format_iso9660.c, read_CE()/parse_rockridge()
CVE-2019-1000020 6.5 - Medium - February 04, 2019

libarchive version commit 5a98dcf8a86364b3c2c469c85b93647dfb139961 onwards (version v2.8.0 onwards) contains a CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') vulnerability in ISO9660 parser, archive_read_support_format_iso9660.c, read_CE()/parse_rockridge() that can result in DoS by infinite loop. This attack appears to be exploitable via the victim opening a specially crafted ISO9660 file.

Infinite Loop

libarchive version commit bf9aec176c6748f0ee7a678c5f9f9555b9a757c1 onwards (release v3.0.2 onwards) contains a CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in 7zip decompression, archive_read_support_format_7zip.c, header_bytes()
CVE-2019-1000019 6.5 - Medium - February 04, 2019

libarchive version commit bf9aec176c6748f0ee7a678c5f9f9555b9a757c1 onwards (release v3.0.2 onwards) contains a CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in 7zip decompression, archive_read_support_format_7zip.c, header_bytes() that can result in a crash (denial of service). This attack appears to be exploitable via the victim opening a specially crafted 7zip file.

Out-of-bounds Read

libarchive version commit 9693801580c0cf7c70e862d305270a16b52826a7 onwards (release v3.2.0 onwards) contains a CWE-20: Improper Input Validation vulnerability in WARC parser - libarchive/archive_read_support_format_warc.c, _warc_read()
CVE-2018-1000880 6.5 - Medium - December 20, 2018

libarchive version commit 9693801580c0cf7c70e862d305270a16b52826a7 onwards (release v3.2.0 onwards) contains a CWE-20: Improper Input Validation vulnerability in WARC parser - libarchive/archive_read_support_format_warc.c, _warc_read() that can result in DoS - quasi-infinite run time and disk usage from tiny file. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must open a specially crafted WARC file.

Buffer Overflow

libarchive version commit 379867ecb330b3a952fb7bfa7bffb7bbd5547205 onwards (release v3.3.0 onwards) contains a CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in ACL parser - libarchive/archive_acl.c, archive_acl_from_text_l()
CVE-2018-1000879 6.5 - Medium - December 20, 2018

libarchive version commit 379867ecb330b3a952fb7bfa7bffb7bbd5547205 onwards (release v3.3.0 onwards) contains a CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in ACL parser - libarchive/archive_acl.c, archive_acl_from_text_l() that can result in Crash/DoS. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must open a specially crafted archive file.

NULL Pointer Dereference

libarchive version commit 416694915449219d505531b1096384f3237dd6cc onwards (release v3.1.0 onwards) contains a CWE-416: Use After Free vulnerability in RAR decoder - libarchive/archive_read_support_format_rar.c
CVE-2018-1000878 8.8 - High - December 20, 2018

libarchive version commit 416694915449219d505531b1096384f3237dd6cc onwards (release v3.1.0 onwards) contains a CWE-416: Use After Free vulnerability in RAR decoder - libarchive/archive_read_support_format_rar.c that can result in Crash/DoS - it is unknown if RCE is possible. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must open a specially crafted RAR archive.

Dangling pointer

libarchive version commit 416694915449219d505531b1096384f3237dd6cc onwards (release v3.1.0 onwards) contains a CWE-415: Double Free vulnerability in RAR decoder - libarchive/archive_read_support_format_rar.c, parse_codes(), realloc(rar->lzss.window, new_size) with new_size = 0
CVE-2018-1000877 8.8 - High - December 20, 2018

libarchive version commit 416694915449219d505531b1096384f3237dd6cc onwards (release v3.1.0 onwards) contains a CWE-415: Double Free vulnerability in RAR decoder - libarchive/archive_read_support_format_rar.c, parse_codes(), realloc(rar->lzss.window, new_size) with new_size = 0 that can result in Crash/DoS. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must open a specially crafted RAR archive.

Double-free

The archive_string_append function in archive_string.c in libarchive before 3.2.0
CVE-2015-8918 - September 20, 2016

The archive_string_append function in archive_string.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted cab files, related to "overlapping memcpy."

The lha_read_file_extended_header function in archive_read_support_format_lha.c in libarchive before 3.2.0
CVE-2015-8919 - September 20, 2016

The lha_read_file_extended_header function in archive_read_support_format_lha.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap) via a crafted (1) lzh or (2) lha file.

The _ar_read_header function in archive_read_support_format_ar.c in libarchive before 3.2.0
CVE-2015-8920 - September 20, 2016

The _ar_read_header function in archive_read_support_format_ar.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds stack read) via a crafted ar file.

The ae_strtofflags function in archive_entry.c in libarchive before 3.2.0
CVE-2015-8921 - September 20, 2016

The ae_strtofflags function in archive_entry.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted mtree file.

The read_CodersInfo function in archive_read_support_format_7zip.c in libarchive before 3.2.0
CVE-2015-8922 - September 20, 2016

The read_CodersInfo function in archive_read_support_format_7zip.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted 7z file, related to the _7z_folder struct.

The process_extra function in libarchive before 3.2.0 uses the size field and a signed number in an offset, which
CVE-2015-8923 - September 20, 2016

The process_extra function in libarchive before 3.2.0 uses the size field and a signed number in an offset, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted zip file.

The archive_read_format_tar_read_header function in archive_read_support_format_tar.c in libarchive before 3.2.0
CVE-2015-8924 - September 20, 2016

The archive_read_format_tar_read_header function in archive_read_support_format_tar.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted tar file.