CVE-2024-57966

MEDIUM

CVSS Score

Published: February 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:14 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorArk

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Severity

MEDIUM5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.3%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

libarchiveplugin.cpp in KDE ark before 24.12.0 can extract to an absolute path from an archive.

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

95%

v < 24.12.0

Affected range stops below 24.12.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

5MEDIUMmitre

Vector?

StatusDEFERRED

CWE

CWE-36

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