libarchiveplugin.cpp in KDE ark before 24.12.0 can extract to an absolute path from an archive.
Priority LOW 23CWE-36Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
libarchiveplugin.cpp in KDE ark before 24.12.0 can extract to an absolute path from an archive.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00277 20th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed ark (KDE): 24.12.0
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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
Remediation
- Fix · CNA ark (KDE) Fixed in 24.12.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-57966
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v9cx-qp5g-qchc
References
More KDE vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-73452 OS command injection in KDE Dolphin via crafted folder names CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
- TI-2004-00806 Multiple integer overflows in xpdf 2.0 and 3.0, and other packages that use xpdf code… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2012-03853 Type confusion in KDE Konqueror CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2004-00807 Multiple integer overflows in xpdf 3.0, and other packages that use xpdf code such as… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2005-00011 Multiple vulnerabilities in fliccd, when installed setuid root as part of the kdeedu… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2004-01022 Buffer overflow in the Gfx::doImage function in Gfx.cc for xpdf 3.00, and other products… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
Sources
- CVE-2024-57966 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-57966 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-v9cx-qp5g-qchc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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