archive_read_format_rar_read_data(struct archive_read *a, const void **buff,
                                  size_t *size, int64_t *offset)
{
  struct rar *rar = (struct rar *)(a->format->data);
  int ret;

  if (rar->has_encrypted_entries == ARCHIVE_READ_FORMAT_ENCRYPTION_DONT_KNOW) {
	  rar->has_encrypted_entries = 0;
  }

  if (rar->bytes_unconsumed > 0) {
      /* Consume as much as the decompressor actually used. */
      __archive_read_consume(a, rar->bytes_unconsumed);
      rar->bytes_unconsumed = 0;
  }

  *buff = NULL;
  if (rar->entry_eof || rar->offset_seek >= rar->unp_size) {
    *size = 0;
    *offset = rar->offset;
    if (*offset < rar->unp_size)
      *offset = rar->unp_size;
    return (ARCHIVE_EOF);
  }

  switch (rar->compression_method)
  {
  case COMPRESS_METHOD_STORE:
    ret = read_data_stored(a, buff, size, offset);
    break;

  case COMPRESS_METHOD_FASTEST:
  case COMPRESS_METHOD_FAST:
  case COMPRESS_METHOD_NORMAL:
  case COMPRESS_METHOD_GOOD:
  case COMPRESS_METHOD_BEST:
    ret = read_data_compressed(a, buff, size, offset);
    if (ret != ARCHIVE_OK && ret != ARCHIVE_WARN)
      __archive_ppmd7_functions.Ppmd7_Free(&rar->ppmd7_context);
    break;

  default:
    archive_set_error(&a->archive, ARCHIVE_ERRNO_FILE_FORMAT,
                      "Unsupported compression method for RAR file.");
    ret = ARCHIVE_FATAL;
    break;
  }
  return (ret);
}

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory belongs to the code that operates on the new pointer.