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CVE-2024-57970
MEDIUM · CVSS 4
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2025-02-16T04:15:21.843 · Last modified 2026-06-17T08:14:20.697

Summary

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.

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