Process crash via unterminated GNU long linkname
Published Feb 16, 2025 · Updated Feb 18, 2025
Heap-based buffer over-read in libarchive 3.7.7 and earlier allows local users to crash an archive-reading process via a crafted TAR archive. When header_gnu_longlink reads a GNU long linkname truncated before its terminator, it passes the unterminated heap buffer to archive_entry_set_link, whose string-length scan reads beyond the allocation. The vulnerable path is reached when a local process or an application using the library parses the malformed archive; the documented consequence is process termination rather than data disclosure or code execution.
Summary
What happened
Heap-based buffer over-read in libarchive 3.7.7 and earlier allows local users to crash an archive-reading process via a crafted TAR archive. When header_gnu_longlink reads a GNU long linkname truncated before its terminator, it passes the unterminated heap buffer to archive_entry_set_link, whose string-length scan reads beyond the allocation. The vulnerable path is reached when a local process or an application using the library parses the malformed archive; the documented consequence is process termination rather than data disclosure or code execution.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-57970
- Published
- Feb 16, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 18, 2025
- Vendor
- libarchive
- Product
- libarchive
- Classifications
- CWE-126, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 16, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 18, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=3.7.7
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