fkie_cve-2025-64118
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2025-10-30 18:15
Modified
2025-11-04 15:41
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium) - 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
Summary
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
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/commit/5330eb04bc43014f216e5c271b40d5c00d45224d
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/issues/445
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/pull/446
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-29xp-372q-xqph
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      "value": "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."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2025-64118",
  "lastModified": "2025-11-04T15:41:56.843",
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