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Permalink CVE-2025-5918
3.9 LOW
  • CVSS version: 3.1
  • Attack vector (AV): LOCAL
  • Attack complexity (AC): LOW
  • Privileges required (PR): LOW
  • User interaction (UI): REQUIRED
  • Scope (S): UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality impact (C): LOW
  • Integrity impact (I): NONE
  • Availability impact (A): LOW
created 10 months ago
Libarchive: reading past eof may be triggered for piped file streams

A vulnerability has been identified in the libarchive library. This flaw can be triggered when file streams are piped into bsdtar, potentially allowing for reading past the end of the file. This out-of-bounds read can lead to unintended consequences, including unpredictable program behavior, memory corruption, or a denial-of-service condition.

Affected products

rhcos
libarchive
  • <3.8.0

Matching in nixpkgs

pkgs.libarchive

Multi-format archive and compression library

pkgs.libarchive-qt

Qt based archiving solution with libarchive backend

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