CVE-2025-5918

Publication date 9 June 2025

Last updated 3 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Why is this CVE low priority?

Denial of service in a command-line tool

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libarchive	25.04 plucky	Needs evaluation
	24.10 oracular	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	24.04 LTS noble	Needs evaluation
	22.04 LTS jammy	Needs evaluation
	20.04 LTS focal	Needs evaluation
	18.04 LTS bionic	Needs evaluation
	16.04 LTS xenial	Needs evaluation
	14.04 LTS trusty	Needs evaluation

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
libarchive	Upstream: dcbf1e0

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	3.9 · Low
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	Low
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L