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CVE-2025-60753
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2025-11-05T16:15:40.430 · Last modified 2026-06-17T09:50:05.117

Summary

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).

Affected products

libarchive — libarchive

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References

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