CVE-2024-48615: Libarchive

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability in libarchive 3.7.6 and earlier when running program bsdtar in function header_pax_extension at rchive_read_support_format_tar.c:1844:8.

Affected products

• Libarchive Libarchive: up to and including 3.7.6

Published 2025-03-28. Last modified 2026-06-17.