CVE-2024-57970

medium

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.

References

https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/2422

https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/2415

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-02-16

Updated: 2025-02-18

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Severity: Medium