CVE-2025-60753 (Medium) detected in libarchivev3.8.1

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CVE-2025-60753 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - libarchivev3.8.1

Multi-format archive and compression library

Library home page: https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive.git

Found in HEAD commit: 816463d989cc5839c1cca2efb5bf2503408507fb

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerable Source Files (1)

/contrib/libarchive/tar/subst.c

Vulnerability Details

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).

Publish Date: 2025-11-05

URL: CVE-2025-60753

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Local
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: Required
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

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