Libarchive before 3.7.4 allows name out-of-bounds access when a ZIP archive has an…
Priority HIGH 72CWE-125Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Libarchive before 3.7.4 allows name out-of-bounds access when a ZIP archive has an empty-name file and mac-ext is enabled. This occurs in slurp_central_directory in archive_read_support_format_zip.c.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00971 62nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:3.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.7.3 | Vulnerable | libarchive |
- cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:3.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.7.3 Vulnerable ·libarchive
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-37407
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xjwr-37fp-hq82
References
More Libarchive vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-17342 Libarchive Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2025-05340 Libarchive: double free at archive_read_format_rar_seek_data() in archive_read_support_format_rar.c CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2024-32437 Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability in libarchive 3.7.6 and earlier when running… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2025-37810 An issue was discovered in libarchive bsdtar before version 3.8.1 in function… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
- TI-2025-01402 libarchive bsdunzip.c list null pointer dereference CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2022-16604 In libarchive before 3.6.2, the software does not check for an error after calling calloc… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2024-37407 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-37407 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xjwr-37fp-hq82 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-37407 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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