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-…
Low CVSS 3.9
Summary
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.
In-depth triage
No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).
Affected products
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Sources
- NVD DATABASE
Original Links
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5918 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2370877 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/2584 Patch
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/releases/tag/v3.8.0 Release Notes
Timeline
- nvd_ingest NVD