CVE-2025-60753
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).
- Libarchive
- ≤ 3.8.1
- Fix
- Available
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUM
- EPSS
- 0.2% (6th percentile)
- Weakness
- CWE-400, CWE-835
- NVD status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2025-11-05
CVE-2025-60753 at NVD
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