CVE-2016-9888

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Dec 8, 2016
Updated: Aug 6, 2024
Reserved: Dec 7, 2016

Description

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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

https://secunia.com/advisories/71201/
https://secunia.com/secunia_research/2016-17/
94860vdb-entry
https://github.com/GNOME/libgsf/commit/95a8351a75758cf10b3bf6abae0b6b461f90d9e5
[debian-lts-announce] 20200425 [SECURITY] [DLA 2183-1] libgsf security updatemailing-list

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