CVE-2021-33644 (GCVE-0-2021-33644)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-09 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-03 20:33
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Summary
An attacker who submits a crafted tar file with size in header struct being 0 may be able to trigger an calling of malloc(0) for a variable gnu_longname, causing an out-of-bounds read.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a libtar Affected: <1.2.21
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      "current_release_date": "2025-03-15T08:51:26Z",
      "cve": "CVE-2021-33644",
      "id": "CVE-2021-33644",
      "initial_release_date": "2023-02-15T03:40:20Z",
      "product_status:recommended": "1",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2021-33644",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2021-33644.json",
      "version": "7"
    }
  }
}



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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

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Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


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