What is CVE-2024-37407?

CVE-2024-37407 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Libarchive, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2024-06-08.

How severe is CVE-2024-37407?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Libarchive

CVE-2024-37407

Libarchive before 3.7.4 allows name out-of-bounds access when a ZIP archive has an empty-name file and mac-ext is enabled. This occurs in slurp_central_directory in archive_read_support_format_zip.c.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.010 (58.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Libarchive — versions 3.7.3
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-37407?: CVE-2024-37407 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Libarchive, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2024-06-08.
How severe is CVE-2024-37407?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.