CVE-2024-20696
Published: 09 January 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-20696 is a high-severity Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1809. Its CVSS base score is 7.3 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 7.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
Windows libarchive contains a remote code execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-20696 and assigned CWE-122. The flaw resides in the Windows implementation of the libarchive component and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.3 reflecting local attack vector, low complexity, low privileges, and required user interaction.
An attacker with local access and limited privileges can exploit the issue by supplying a malicious archive that triggers the flaw during extraction or processing. Successful exploitation grants the ability to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the affected process, resulting in full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the target system.
Microsoft’s security update guide and the corresponding patches address the vulnerability in affected Windows releases. A Debian LTS advisory also references the issue for downstream consumers of libarchive. The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.0771 with no material increase since disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-18411
Vulnerability details
Windows libarchive Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.