CVEvulnerability

CVE-2025-25724

7.8 HIGH Published 2025-03-02 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2025-03-02
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
4.0 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-252

Description

list_item_verbose in tar/util.c in libarchive through 3.7.7 does not check an strftime return value, which can lead to a denial of service or unspecified other impact via a crafted TAR archive that is read with a verbose value of 2. For example, the 100-byte buffer may not be sufficient for a custom locale.

Affected configurations

• libarchive libarchive (<= 3.7.7)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-252 Unchecked Return Value weakness

References