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).
History

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First Time appeared Libarchive
Libarchive libarchive
Vendors & Products Libarchive
Libarchive libarchive

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Weaknesses CWE-400
CWE-835
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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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).
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2025-11-05T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-11-05T15:44:31.278Z

Reserved: 2025-09-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2025-60753

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-05T15:41:15.270Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-11-05T16:15:40.430

Modified: 2025-11-06T19:45:30.990

Link: CVE-2025-60753

cve-icon Redhat

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