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CVE-2019-9923 (GCVE-0-2019-9923)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-03-22 07:06 – Updated: 2025-08-06 21:12
VLAI
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-08-06 20:59 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
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