UBUNTU-CVE-2025-64118

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2025-64118

    Published: 30 Oct 2025Last Modified: 20 May 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2025-64118

    Summary:

    Details: 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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-64118, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-64118, 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/commit/5330eb04bc43014f216e5c271b40d5c00d45224d, https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/issues/445

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: node-tar

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-tar?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Ftrusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.1.18-1
    0.1.18-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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