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CVE-2019-9923
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2019-03-22T08:29:00.247 · Last modified 2026-06-17T02:44:51.383

Summary

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.

Affected products

gnu — tar

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References

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