What is CVE-2025-60753?

CVE-2025-60753 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libarchive, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-11-05.

How severe is CVE-2025-60753?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Libarchive

CVE-2025-60753

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).

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.002 (5.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Libarchive
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-60753?: CVE-2025-60753 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libarchive, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-11-05.
How severe is CVE-2025-60753?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.