CVE-2025-5918

ADVISORY - nist

Summary

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.

EPSS Score: 0.00021 (0.049)

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

ADVISORY - nist

Out-of-bounds Read

ADVISORY - redhat

Out-of-bounds Read


NIST

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY IDCVE-2025-5918
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

1.3

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)

CVSS SCORE

3.9low

Alpine

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY IDCVE-2025-5918
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

-

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-
RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Debian

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY IDCVE-2025-5918
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

-

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-
RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Ubuntu

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY IDCVE-2025-5918
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

1.3

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

6.6low

Red Hat

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY IDCVE-2025-5918
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

1.3

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)

CVSS SCORE

3.9low

Photon

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY ID

CVE-2025-5918

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

-

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

6.6medium

minimos

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY ID

MINI-r6w5-99w8-4xj5

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

-

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-
RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY