CVE-2025-64118

Severity CVSS v4.0:

MEDIUM

Type:

CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Publication date:

30/10/2025

Last modified:

04/11/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 4.0

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 CVSS v4.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.10 MEDIUM
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

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Attack Requirements (AT): Present
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): Passsive
Confidentiality (VC): High
Integrity (VI): Low
Availability (VA): Low
Confidentiality (SC): High
Integrity (SI): High
Availability (SA): High

Base Score 4.0

6.10

Severity 4.0

MEDIUM

CVE-2025-64118

Description

Impact

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