CVE-2024-20697 (GCVE-0-2024-20697)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-09 17:56 – Updated: 2025-06-05 20:16
VLAI
Title
Windows libarchive Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Summary
Windows libarchive Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Windows 11 version 22H2 Affected: 10.0.22621.0 , < 10.0.22621.3007 (custom)
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Microsoft Windows 11 version 22H3 Affected: 10.0.22631.0 , < 10.0.22631.3007 (custom)
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Microsoft Windows 11 Version 23H2 Affected: 10.0.22631.0 , < 10.0.22631.3007 (custom)
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Microsoft Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation) Affected: 10.0.25398.0 , < 10.0.25398.643 (custom)
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Date Public
2024-01-09 08:00
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