CVE-2025-25724: Libarchive

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

• Libarchive Libarchive: up to and including 3.7.7

Published 2025-03-02. Last modified 2026-06-17.