NULL pointer dereference in libarchive - CVE-2024-48615

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NULL pointer dereference in libarchive - CVE-2024-48615

Published: July 25, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU113219
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-48615
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability occurs when running program bsdtar in function header_pax_extension() at rchive_read_support_format_tar.c:1844:8. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

libarchive
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How to mitigate CVE-2024-48615

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..

libarchive - update to 3.7.7

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