CVE-2025-64118

medium

Description

node-tar is a Tar for Node.js. In 7.5.1, using .t (aka .list) with { sync: true } to read tar entry contents returns uninitialized memory contents if tar file was changed on disk to a smaller size while being read. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.5.2.

References

https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-29xp-372q-xqph

https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/pull/446

https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/issues/445

https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/commit/5330eb04bc43014f216e5c271b40d5c00d45224d

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-10-30

Updated: 2025-11-04

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00012