CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-9888
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-12-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476
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.
Affected configurations
• gnome libgsf (<= 1.14.40)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94860 www.securityfocus.com
- https://github.com/GNOME/libgsf/commit/95a8351a75758cf10b3bf6abae0b6b461f90d9e5 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00016.html lists.debian.org
- https://secunia.com/advisories/71201/ Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://secunia.com/secunia_research/2016-17/ Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94860 www.securityfocus.com
- https://github.com/GNOME/libgsf/commit/95a8351a75758cf10b3bf6abae0b6b461f90d9e5 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00016.html lists.debian.org
- https://secunia.com/advisories/71201/ Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://secunia.com/secunia_research/2016-17/ Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory