| CVE ID | CVE-2024-20697 |
| CVSS SCORE | 7.8, AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| AFFECTED VENDORS |
libarchive |
| AFFECTED PRODUCTS |
libarchive |
| VULNERABILITY DETAILS |
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of libarchive. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of RAR files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in an integer overflow before writing to memory. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. |
| ADDITIONAL DETAILS |
libarchive has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/2135 |
| DISCLOSURE TIMELINE |
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| CREDIT | Guy Lederfein of Trend Micro Security Research |
