github - ghsa-7j73-f8pw-v3wq

ghsa-7j73-f8pw-v3wq

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-17 03:21

Modified

2025-04-12 13:06

Severity ?

5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

An error within the "tar_directory_for_file()" function (gsf-infile-tar.c) in GNOME Structured File Library before 1.14.41 can be exploited to trigger a Null pointer dereference and subsequently cause a crash via a crafted TAR file.

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CVE-2016-9888 (GCVE-0-2016-9888)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2016-12-08 08:08

Modified

2024-08-06 03:07

Severity ?

CWE

n/a

Summary

An error within the "tar_directory_for_file()" function (gsf-infile-tar.c) in GNOME Structured File Library before 1.14.41 can be exploited to trigger a Null pointer dereference and subsequently cause a crash via a crafted TAR file.

References

URL

Tags

	https://secunia.com/advisories/71201/	x_refsource_MISC
	https://secunia.com/secunia_research/2016-17/	x_refsource_MISC
	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94860	vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
	https://github.com/GNOME/libgsf/commit/95a8351a75758cf10b3bf6abae0b6b461f90d9e5	x_refsource_MISC
	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00016.html	mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	n/a	Version: n/a

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