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CVE-2024-57970

libarchive: heap buffer over-read in header_gnu_longlink

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4

CVSS 3.1

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Published · February 16, 2025

Updated · August 22, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the libarchive library. A specially-crafted tar file may trigger a head-based buffer over-read condition due to incorrect handling of truncation in the middle of a long GNU linkname. This issue can cause an application crash leading to a denial of service.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 4
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-126 · Buffer Over-read