Is CVE-2024-37407 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-37407 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-29.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-37407?

CVE-2024-37407 has a CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

How do I patch CVE-2024-37407?

Patch guidance is available from libarchive security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2024-37407.

Which products are affected by CVE-2024-37407?

1 product: libarchive libarchive.

Fix CVE-2024-37407 - CRITICAL libarchive libarchive

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: none
Availability: high
Weaknesses: CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read

Metadata

Primary Vendor: LIBARCHIVE
Published: 6/8/2024
Last Modified: 4/29/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

CVE-2024-37407

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