Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libarchive package, versions [,3.7.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBARCHIVE-8179292
  • published10 Oct 2024
  • disclosed10 Oct 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 10 Oct 2024

CVE-2024-48957  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libarchive to version 3.7.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read via the execute_filter_audio function. An attacker can access memory locations that are not intended to be accessible.

CVSS Scores

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version 3.1