Is CVE-2024-57970 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-57970 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-57970?

CVE-2024-57970 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.0 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-57970?

CVE-2024-57970 has an EPSS score of 0.23% (14th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-57970?

Upgrade bsdcat-debuginfo on rhel 10 to 0:3.7.7-2.el10_0 or later. Fixes are available for 18 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-57970

MEDIUM

4.0

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-126Buffer Over-read

How to fix

Remediation Available

bsdcat-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.7.7-2.el10_0RHSA-2025:7510

bsdcat-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:3.7.7-2.el10_0RHSA-2025:7510

bsdcpio-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:3.7.7-2.el10_0RHSA-2025:7510

bsdcpio-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.7.7-2.el10_0RHSA-2025:7510

bsdtarRocky

Fixed in:0:3.7.7-2.el10_0RHSA-2025:7510

bsdtarRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.7.7-2.el10_0RHSA-2025:7510

bsdtar-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:3.7.7-2.el10_0RHSA-2025:7510

bsdtar-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.7.7-2.el10_0RHSA-2025:7510

bsdunzip-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:3.7.7-2.el10_0RHSA-2025:7510

bsdunzip-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.7.7-2.el10_0RHSA-2025:7510

libarchiveRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.7.7-2.el10_0RHSA-2025:7510

libarchiveRocky

Fixed in:0:3.7.7-2.el10_0RHSA-2025:7510

libarchive-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.7.7-2.el10_0RHSA-2025:7510

libarchive-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:3.7.7-2.el10_0RHSA-2025:7510

libarchive-debugsourceRocky

Fixed in:0:3.7.7-2.el10_0RHSA-2025:7510

libarchive-debugsourceRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.7.7-2.el10_0RHSA-2025:7510

libarchive-develRocky

Fixed in:0:3.7.7-2.el10_0RHSA-2025:7510

libarchive-develRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.7.7-2.el10_0RHSA-2025:7510

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 InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityLow

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.23%probability of exploitation in 30 days

14thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 14% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-126 (Buffer Over-read) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-49285	High	8.6	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-7668	High	7.5	57%	-	Fix
CVE-2009-2495	Medium	6.5	42%	-	-
CVE-2017-7679	Critical	9.8	39%	-	Fix
CVE-2025-21277	High	7.5	38%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-38071	High	7.5	36%	-	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 2025-02-18.