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CVE-2024-57970

MEDIUM
4
CVSS Score
Published: February 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:14 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLibarchive

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Severity
MEDIUM4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

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.

Affected

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

Remediation

No guide yet

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

References (2)

Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/2415
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/2422

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

4MEDIUMmitre
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-126

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