CVE-2024-57970CWE-126

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…

Medium · published February 16, 2025

CVSS v3.1
4.0
EPSS
0%
Percentile
15.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.0 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00250 · 15.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-126 · Buffer Over-read
Published
2025-02-16T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 FEB 00:00Z
    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…
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