CVE-2026-5121Integer Overflow or Wraparound in Libarchive

Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 64.98%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 30

Description

A flaw was found in libarchive. On 32-bit systems, an integer overflow vulnerability exists in the zisofs block pointer allocation logic. A remote attacker can exploit this by providing a specially crafted ISO9660 image, which can lead to a heap buffer overflow. This could potentially allow for arbitrary code execution on the affected system.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-2vwv-vqpv-v8vc: A flaw was found in libarchive2026-03-30
OSV
CVE-2026-5121: A flaw was found in libarchive2026-03-30

📋Vendor Advisories

3
Red Hat
CVE-2026-5121: A flaw was found in libarchive2026-03-30
Debian
CVE-2026-5121: libarchive - A flaw was found in libarchive. On 32-bit systems, an integer overflow vulnerabi...2026
Citrix
Citrix Security Bulletin CTX117751

🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2026-5121 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2026-5121 libarchive: libarchive: Arbitrary code execution via integer overflow in ISO9660 image processing2026-03-30