CVE-2024-57970 Affecting libarchive package, versions <3.7.7-r2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-WOLFILATEST-LIBARCHIVE-15400301
  • published5 Mar 2026
  • disclosed16 Feb 2025

Introduced: 16 Feb 2025

CVE-2024-57970  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Wolfi libarchive to version 3.7.7-r2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libarchive package and not the libarchive package as distributed by Wolfi. See How to fix? for Wolfi relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1