Vulnerabilities > GNU > TAR > High

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
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
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
2007-09-05 CVE-2007-4476 Buffer overflow in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar has unspecified attack vectors and impact, resulting in a "crashing stack."
network
low complexity
gnu debian canonical
7.5