CVE-2025-60753

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Summary

CVECVE-2025-60753
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2025-11-05 16:15:40 UTC
Updated2026-11-05 14:10:00 UTC
DescriptionAn 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).

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.5 MEDIUM from ADP

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

EPSS: 0.002060000 probability, percentile 0.107650000 (date 2026-11-05)

Problem Types: CWE-400 | CWE-835 | n/a | CWE-835 CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') | CWE-400 CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1ADPDECLARED5.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary5.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libarchive Libarchive All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/2725 [email protected] github.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
github.com/Papya-j/CVE/tree/main/CVE-2025-60753 [email protected] github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
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