NULL pointer dereference in libarchive - CVE-2024-48615
Published: July 25, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU113219
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-48615
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: libarchive
Affected software:
libarchive
libarchive
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-48615
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..