CVE-2026-5121

Published Mar 30, 2026

Last updated a day ago

Overview

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.
Source
secalert@redhat.com
NVD status
Modified
Products
libarchive, hardened_images, openshift_container_platform, enterprise_linux

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Secondary
Base score
7.5
Impact score
3.6
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Severity
HIGH

Weaknesses

secalert@redhat.com
CWE-190
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
CWE-190

Social media

Hype score
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