ghsa-mg5f-88x3-g9cw
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-13 01:08
Modified
2025-08-07 00:30
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details

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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2019-9923"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-476"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2019-03-22T08:29:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-mg5f-88x3-g9cw",
  "modified": "2025-08-07T00:30:31Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:08:59Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9923"
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      "url": "https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tar/+bug/1810241"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00077.html"
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
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}


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