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CVE-2025-60753

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Date: November 4, 2025

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).

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Related Resources (4)

https://github.com/Papya-j/CVE/tree/main/CVE-2025-60753
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-60753
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/2725
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2025-60753

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CWE-400

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

CWE-835

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

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