Vulnerability · Published Feb 3, 2025 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2024-57966
Medium 5.0
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in ark from KDE. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 20% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.0Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 79.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
libarchiveplugin.cpp in KDE ark before 24.12.0 can extract to an absolute path from an archive.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | ark | 4:22.12.3-1+deb12u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57966 |
| Debian:12 | ark | 4:22.12.3-1+deb12u1 | DSA-6029-1 |
| Debian:13 | ark | 4:24.12.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57966 |
| Debian:14 | ark | 4:24.12.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57966 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | ark | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57966 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | ark | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57966 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-36 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L