CVE-2026-14164
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-415
Double Free
Publication date:
30/06/2026
Last modified:
30/06/2026
Description
A double free issue has been identified in libarchive's RAR5 reader. During parsing of a specially crafted RAR5 archive, the filtered_buf pointer may remain stale after being freed during unpacking state reinitialization. Subsequent processing of another archive entry can trigger a second free of the same memory region, resulting in a double-free condition. Successful exploitation may cause applications using the vulnerable libarchive API to terminate unexpectedly, leading to a denial of service.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
7.50
Severity 3.x
HIGH
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30333
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-14164
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2493411
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/3069
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/3071
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/3069



