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CVE-2016-9888

Date: December 8, 2016

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (10)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94860
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9888
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9888
https://secunia.com/secunia_research/2016-17/
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-9888
https://github.com/GNOME/libgsf/commit/95a8351a75758cf10b3bf6abae0b6b461f90d9e5
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9888
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00016.html
https://secunia.com/advisories/71201/
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-9888

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

NULL Pointer Dereference

CWE-476

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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