Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libarchive package, versions [,3.7.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.07% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBARCHIVE-7230796
  • published9 Jun 2024
  • disclosed8 Jun 2024
  • creditTobias Stoeckmann

Introduced: 8 Jun 2024

CVE-2024-37407  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libarchive to version 3.7.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read due to the slurp_central_directory process. An attacker can access sensitive information or cause a crash by exploiting the handling of ZIP archives with empty-name files when mac-ext is enabled.

CVSS Scores

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