CVE-2016-9888
CVE-2016-9888
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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.
CVSS 5.5 · Medium · EPSS 1.3% · Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Stack: system
Affected products and versions
n/a
- Versions
- n/a: Affected
No fix published
libgsf Debian:12
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 1.14.41-1
Update to 1.14.41-1
libgsf Debian:13
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 1.14.41-1
Update to 1.14.41-1
libgsf Debian:14
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 1.14.41-1
Update to 1.14.41-1
libgsf Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
- Versions
- 1.14.27-2ubuntu1
- 1.14.27-2ubuntu2
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
libgsf Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
- Versions
- 1.14.34-1
- 1.14.34-2
- 1.14.35-1
- 1.14.36-1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
Original sources
- https://secunia.com/advisories/71201/
- https://secunia.com/secunia_research/2016-17/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94860
- https://github.com/GNOME/libgsf/commit/95a8351a75758cf10b3bf6abae0b6b461f90d9e5
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00016.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9888