CVE-2025-5918

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5918
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-5918.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2025-5918
Downstream
Related
Published
2025-06-09T19:49:13.544Z
Modified
2026-07-02T03:51:16.000618616Z
Severity
  • 3.9 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
Libarchive: reading past eof may be triggered for piped file streams
Details

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.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner": "redhat",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-125"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/5xxx/CVE-2025-5918.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/libarchive/libarchive

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
70ff28fcf04ec129a1d064f96e49aa57fcc90e37
Database specific 
{
    "source": [
        "AFFECTED_FIELD",
        "CPE_RANGE",
        "REFERENCES"
    ],
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "3.8.0"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "3.8.0"
        }
    ],
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
}

Affected versions

v3.*
v3.0.0a
v3.0.1b
v3.1.900a
v3.2.0
v3.2.1
v3.2.2
v3.3.0
v3.3.1
v3.3.2
v3.3.3
v3.4.0
v3.4.1
v3.4.2
v3.4.3
v3.5.0
v3.5.1
v3.5.2
v3.6.0
v3.6.1
v3.6.2
v3.7.0
v3.7.1
v3.7.2
v3.7.3
v3.7.4
v3.7.5

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-5918.json"