CVE-2019-9923

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Gnu
Status
Tar
Vendor
CVE Published:
22 March 2019

Summary

pax_decode_header in sparse.c in GNU Tar before 1.32 had a NULL pointer dereference when parsing certain archives that have malformed extended headers.

References

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tar/+bug/1810241
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http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=cb078...
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http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55369
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EPSS Score

2% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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