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CVE-2024-20697Windows libarchive Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- 7.3HighCVSS base score
- 72.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Windows libarchive Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 42 days later
· 42 days later
Published
- 17 months later
· 17 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoftCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.3 | 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 |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 72.2% · top 0.6% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.3.
Affected products
Microsoft · Windows 11 version 22H2
- affected 10.0.22621.0 – < 10.0.22621.3007
Microsoft · Windows 11 version 22H3
- affected 10.0.22631.0 – < 10.0.22631.3007
Microsoft · Windows 11 Version 23H2
- affected 10.0.22631.0 – < 10.0.22631.3007
Microsoft · Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)
- affected 10.0.25398.0 – < 10.0.25398.643
References
References5
- Windows libarchive Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/blog/2024/4/17/cve-2024-20697-windows-libarchive-remote-code-execution-vulnerability (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w6xv-37jv-7cjr (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/05/1 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/04/2 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2024-18412 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2024-20697)Record last updated .