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Libarchive CVE-2025-25724

MEDIUM
Unchecked Return Value (CWE-252)
2025-03-02 cve@mitre.org
4.0
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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NVD PRIMARY
4.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
SUSE
7.8 HIGH
AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Red Hat
4.0 MEDIUM
qualitative

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

Lifecycle Timeline

4
Patch released
Apr 05, 2026 - 14:30 nvd
Patch available
Analysis Generated
Mar 28, 2026 - 18:29 vuln.today
PoC Detected
Jul 17, 2025 - 15:56 vuln.today
Public exploit code
CVE Published
Mar 02, 2025 - 02:15 nvd
MEDIUM 4.0

DescriptionCVE.org

list_item_verbose in tar/util.c in libarchive through 3.7.7 does not check an strftime return value, which can lead to a denial of service or unspecified other impact via a crafted TAR archive that is read with a verbose value of 2. For example, the 100-byte buffer may not be sufficient for a custom locale.

AnalysisAI

list_item_verbose in tar/util.c in libarchive through 3.7.7 does not check an strftime return value, which can lead to a denial of service or unspecified other impact via a crafted TAR archive that. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.0), this vulnerability is no authentication required. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-252. list_item_verbose in tar/util.c in libarchive through 3.7.7 does not check an strftime return value, which can lead to a denial of service or unspecified other impact via a crafted TAR archive that is read with a verbose value of 2. For example, the 100-byte buffer may not be sufficient for a custom locale. Affected products include: Libarchive. Version information: through 3.7.7.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.

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CVE-2016-4301 HIGH POC
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CVE-2016-4300 HIGH POC
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CVE-2015-8931 HIGH POC
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CVE-2024-48615 HIGH POC
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CVE-2015-2304 MEDIUM POC
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CVE-2016-5844 MEDIUM POC
6.5 Sep 21

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CVE-2016-1541 HIGH
8.8 May 07

Heap-based buffer overflow in the zip_read_mac_metadata function in archive_read_support_format_zip.c in libarchive befo

CVE-2022-26280 MEDIUM POC
6.5 Mar 28

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: High
Product Status
Container bci/spack:0.23.1-12.3 Container containers/lmcache-vllm-openai:0.3.2-1.2 Container containers/pytorch:2.5.0-nvidia-1.34 Container containers/vllm-openai:0.9.1-1.2 Container suse/manager/5.0/x86_64/server:5.0.4.7.19.1 Container suse/multi-linux-manager/5.1/x86_64/server:5.1.0.6.40 Image SLES15-SP6-SAP Image SLES15-SP6-SAP-Azure Image SLES15-SP6-SAP-EC2 Image SLES15-SP6-SAP-GCE Image SLES15-SP6-SAPCAL Image SLES15-SP6-SAPCAL-Azure Image SLES15-SP6-SAPCAL-EC2 Image SLES15-SP6-SAPCAL-GCE Image SLES15-SP7-SAPCAL-Azure Image SLES15-SP7-SAPCAL-EC2 Image SLES15-SP7-SAPCAL-GCE Image ai_15_6 Image server-image Affected
Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Server-4-3-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Server-4-3-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Server-4-3-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Server-4-3-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-SAP Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-SAPCAL Image SLES15-SP4-SAPCAL-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-SAPCAL-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-SAPCAL-GCE Image SLES15-SP5-SAPCAL-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-SAPCAL-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-SAPCAL-GCE Affected
SUSE Liberty Linux 9 Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 Fixed

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