Vulnerabilities > GNU > TAR

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2023-01-30 CVE-2022-48303 Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in multiple products
GNU Tar through 1.34 has a one-byte out-of-bounds read that results in use of uninitialized memory for a conditional jump.
local
low complexity
gnu fedoraproject CWE-125
5.5
2021-03-26 CVE-2021-20193 Memory Leak vulnerability in GNU TAR
A flaw was found in the src/list.c of tar 1.33 and earlier.
local
low complexity
gnu CWE-401
3.3
2019-03-22 CVE-2019-9923 NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in multiple products
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.
network
low complexity
gnu opensuse CWE-476
7.5
2018-12-26 CVE-2018-20482 Infinite Loop vulnerability in multiple products
GNU Tar through 1.30, when --sparse is used, mishandles file shrinkage during read access, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite read loop in sparse_dump_region in sparse.c) by modifying a file that is supposed to be archived by a different user's process (e.g., a system backup running as root).
local
high complexity
gnu debian opensuse CWE-835
4.7
2016-12-09 CVE-2016-6321 Path Traversal vulnerability in GNU TAR
Directory traversal vulnerability in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar 1.14 through 1.29 might allow remote attackers to bypass an intended protection mechanism and write to arbitrary files via vectors related to improper sanitization of the file_name parameter, aka POINTYFEATHER.
network
low complexity
gnu CWE-22
7.5