CVE-2024-20697 (GCVE-0-2024-20697)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-01-09 17:56
Modified
2025-06-05 20:16
Severity ?
7.3 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CWE
  • CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Summary
Windows libarchive Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
References
secure@microsoft.comhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-20697Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/04/2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/05/1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w6xv-37jv-7cjr
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-20697Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/blog/2024/4/17/cve-2024-20697-windows-libarchive-remote-code-execution-vulnerability
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Windows 11 version 22H2 Version: 10.0.22621.0   < 10.0.22621.3007
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   Microsoft Windows 11 version 22H3 Version: 10.0.22631.0   < 10.0.22631.3007
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   Microsoft Windows 11 Version 23H2 Version: 10.0.22631.0   < 10.0.22631.3007
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   Microsoft Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation) Version: 10.0.25398.0   < 10.0.25398.643
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