CVE-2024-57970

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CVSS 3.1

4.0 medium

EPSS

<1%p16

Published

Feb 16, 2025 (Feb 16, 2025)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Weakness: CWE-126
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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