CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-55738

8.7 HIGH Published 2026-06-17 Modified 2026-10-26 Official page ↗
Status
Deferred
Published
2026-06-17
Last modified
2026-10-26
Assigner
309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c
CVSS 4.0 (309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c)
8.7 HIGH — CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS 3.1 (309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c)
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-121, CWE-170

Description

A stack-based buffer overflow exists in the raw_to_header function in src/microtar.c in rxi microtar 0.1.0. The function copies the 100-byte name and linkname fields of a TAR header with strcpy without guaranteeing null termination of the source.

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow weakness
  • CWE-170 Improper Null Termination weakness

References