What is CVE-2024-57970?

CVE-2024-57970 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libarchive, classified under Buffer Over-read. CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2025-02-16.

How severe is CVE-2024-57970?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Libarchive

CVE-2024-57970

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.

EPSS: 0.002 (15.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Libarchive — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-126 — Buffer Over-read

References

cve@mitre.org
cve@mitre.org

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-57970?: CVE-2024-57970 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libarchive, classified under Buffer Over-read. CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2025-02-16.
How severe is CVE-2024-57970?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.