Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 5, 2025· Updated Nov 5, 2025

CVE-2025-60753

Description

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).

Affected products

libarchive/bsdtardescription
Libarchive/Libarchivellm-fuzzy
Range: <3.8.1

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

github.com/Papya-j/CVE/tree/main/CVE-2025-60753mitre
github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/2725mitre

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