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GHSA-3HQH-8H99-Q2CF

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-06-09 21:30 – Updated: 2025-06-09 21:30

Details

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.

Severity

3.9 (Low)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

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CVE-2025-5918 (GCVE-0-2025-5918)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-09 19:49 – Updated: 2026-01-08 03:56

Title

Libarchive: reading past eof may be triggered for piped file streams

Summary

Severity

3.9 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds Read

Assigner

redhat

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5918	vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2370877	issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/2584
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/releases…

Impacted products

7 products

Vendor	Product	Version
		Affected: 0 , < 3.8.0 (semver)
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4	cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4

Date Public

2025-05-20 00:00

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CVE-2025-5918 (GCVE-0-2025-5918)

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