Is CVE-2024-48957 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-48957 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-48957?

CVE-2024-48957 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-48957?

CVE-2024-48957 has an EPSS score of 0.47% (38th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-48957?

Upgrade libarchive on debian 12 to 3.6.2-1+deb12u1 or later. Fixes are available for 4 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-48957

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

execute_filter_audio in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive before 3.7.5 allows out-of-bounds access via a crafted archive file because src can move beyond dst.

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

How to fix

Remediation Available

libarchiveDebian

Fixed in:3.6.2-1+deb12u1CVE-2024-48957

Fixed in:3.7.2-2.1CVE-2024-48957

libarchiveUbuntu

Fixed in:3.1.2-7ubuntu2.8+esm3USN-7070-1

Fixed in:3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.8+esm1USN-7070-1

Fixed in:3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7+esm1USN-7070-1

Fixed in:3.4.0-2ubuntu1.3USN-7070-1

Fixed in:3.6.0-1ubuntu1.2USN-7070-1

Fixed in:3.7.2-2ubuntu0.2USN-7070-1

libarchive13Ubuntu

Fixed in:3.1.2-7ubuntu2.8+esm3USN-7070-1

Fixed in:3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.8+esm1USN-7070-1

Fixed in:3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7+esm1USN-7070-1

Fixed in:3.4.0-2ubuntu1.3USN-7070-1

Fixed in:3.6.0-1ubuntu1.2USN-7070-1

libarchive13t64Ubuntu

Fixed in:3.7.2-2ubuntu0.2USN-7070-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.47%probability of exploitation in 30 days

38thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 38% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Exploit1

github.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2014-0160	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-5777	High	7.5	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-4034	High	7.8	95%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-21769	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-49285	High	8.6	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-8794	Critical	9.8	89%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-09-29.