CVE-2025-5918
CVE-2025-5918: 1 tracked advisory record across Red Hat. Compare vendor sources and published fix guidance.
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1 advisory- Advisory severityLow3.9
Low [CVE-2025-5918] Libarchive: reading past eof may be triggered for piped file streams
CVE-2025-5918Source published Source updated
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. This vulnerability is rated Low for Red Hat products. The flaw in libarchive can be triggered when processing specially crafted piped file streams with `bsdtar`, potentially leading to unpredictable program behavior or an application level denial-of-service condition. Exploitation requires user interaction to process a malicious archive. Red Hat severity: Low — CVSS 3.9 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L). Weakness: CWE-125. Affected Red…
- Affected products in this advisory
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
3 more entries in the full advisory.
- Source-reported affected versions
- Affected-version details not available in this record.
- Source-reported fixed versions
- 3.8.0
- Mitigation guidance
- Upgrade to libarchive version 3.8.0 or later, which includes important security fixes and stability improvements.
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