Medium severity · published Jun 9, 2025
CVE-2025-5918
Libarchive: reading past eof may be triggered for piped file streams
6.6
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 32% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
6.0; 7.0; 8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
LI
Libarchive · Libarchive
before 3.8.0 · source: NVD
OC
Openshift Container Platform · Redhat
4.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5918
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5918
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5918
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2370877
Patch
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/2584
Release Notes
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/releases/tag/v3.8.0
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