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CVE-2024-57970

Date: February 15, 2025

libarchive through 3.7.7 has a heap-based buffer over-read in header_gnu_longlink in archive_read_support_format_tar.c via a TAR archive because it mishandles truncation in the middle of a GNU long linkname.

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Related Resources (5)

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-57970
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-57970
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/2422
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/2415
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2024-57970

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Over-read

CWE-126

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): LOW

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