Security advisory

{
  "id": "9d74d77d34b3bed4ee43fe5b33885044efbea88f6506273c939de27944118bc4",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-25724",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2025-25724",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2025-25724",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2025-25724",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2025-25724"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "b439d586f53911c84be5e380445a8a259e19114c"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "3.7.7"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                    "strategy": "StandardRange"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "3.7.7"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v3.7.7",
            "v3.7.6",
            "v3.7.5",
            "v3.7.4",
            "v3.7.3",
            "v3.7.2",
            "v3.7.1",
            "v3.7.0",
            "v3.6.2",
            "v3.6.1",
            "v3.6.0",
            "v3.5.2",
            "v3.5.1",
            "v3.5.0",
            "v3.4.3",
            "v3.4.2",
            "v3.4.1",
            "v3.4.0",
            "v3.3.3",
            "v3.3.2",
            "v3.3.1",
            "v3.3.0",
            "v3.2.2",
            "v3.2.1",
            "v3.2.0",
            "v3.1.900a",
            "v3.0.1b",
            "v3.0.0a"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-25724.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:41.764865275Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://gist.github.com/Ekkosun/a83870ce7f3b7813b9b462a395e8ad92",
        "https://github.com/Ekkosun/pocs/blob/main/bsdtarbug",
        "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/blob/b439d586f53911c84be5e380445a8a259e19114c/tar/util.c#L751-L752",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/25xxx/CVE-2025-25724.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-25724"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-252"
        ],
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/25xxx/CVE-2025-25724.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2025-25724",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 509446,
  "published_at": "2025-03-02T00:00:00+00:00"
}