CVEvulnerability

CVE-2025-5918

6.6 MEDIUM Published 2025-06-09 Modified 2026-09-01 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2025-06-09
Last modified
2026-09-01
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
3.9 LOW — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.6 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-125

Description

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 configurations

• libarchive libarchive (< 3.8.0) • redhat openshift container platform 4.0 • redhat enterprise linux 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux 8.0 • redhat enterprise linux 9.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read weakness

References