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CVE-2024-57970 (GCVE-0-2024-57970)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-02-16 00:00 – Updated: 2025-02-18 17:05
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Summary
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.
Severity
4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-18 14:31 UTC
CWE
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Vendor Product Version CPE status
libarchive libarchive Affected: 0 , ≤ 3.7.7 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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