CVE-2024-57966: libarchiveplugin.cpp in KDE ark before 24.12.0 can extract to an absolute path from an archive.

PriorityP419medium5CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRNUIRSCCNILAL

EPSS

0.27%

18.9th percentile

libarchiveplugin.cpp in KDE ark before 24.12.0 can extract to an absolute path from an archive.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	ark	< ark 4:22.12.3-1+deb12u1 (bookworm)	ark 4:22.12.3-1+deb12u1 (bookworm)
kde	ark	< 24.12.0	24.12.0
kde	ark	>= 0 < 4:20.12.2-1+deb11u1	4:20.12.2-1+deb11u1
kde	ark	>= 0 < 4:22.12.3-1+deb12u1	4:22.12.3-1+deb12u1
kde	ark	>= 0 < 4:24.12.0-1	4:24.12.0-1
kde	ark	>= 0 < 4:24.12.0-1	4:24.12.0-1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.0MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L

osv5.0MEDIUM

vendor_debian5.0MEDIUM

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