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CVE-2025-60753
This can cause unbounded memory allocation and lead to denial of service (Out-of-Memory crash).
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.16%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.16%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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).
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.16% probability · 6th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-400, CWE-835
- Affected
- libarchive/libarchive
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/Papya-j/CVE/tree/main/CVE-2025-60753Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/2725Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.