Libtar

Vendor:

First CVE: Oct 17, 2013 · Active for 12 years

6
Total CVEs
More Total CVEs than 80% of tracked products
2.0
Avg CVEs / Year
Higher CVE frequency than 60% of tracked products
7.5
Avg CVSS
Higher Avg CVSS than 50% of tracked products
0.0%
KEV Rate
Bottom 1%

Trends Over Time

The number and severity of CVEs published that impact Libtar over time

Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Oct 17, 2013
12 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Aug 10, 2022
1,444 days ago

CVE Severity & Scoring

Libtar6 CVEs
All CVEs352,294 CVEs
MediumHighCritical
Attack Vector
Local0 (0.0%)
Network4 (66.7%)
Unknown2 (33.3%)
Physical0 (0.0%)
Adjacent Network0 (0.0%)
Attack Complexity
Low4 (66.7%)
High0 (0.0%)
Unknown2 (33.3%)
User Interaction
None3 (50.0%)
Unknown2 (33.3%)
Required1 (16.7%)
Privileges Required
Low0 (0.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
None4 (66.7%)
Unknown2 (33.3%)

Top CVEs

Signals from CVEs in this product scope (6 CVEs).

6 CVEs · Highest risk first

CVEPublishedCVSSRiskKEVExploit
An attacker who submits a crafted tar file with size in header struct being 0 may be able to trigger an calling of malloc(0) for a variable gnu_longlink, causing an out-of-bounds r
Aug 10, 20229.132NONO
An attacker who submits a crafted tar file with size in header struct being 0 may be able to trigger an calling of malloc(0) for a variable gnu_longname, causing an out-of-bounds r
Aug 10, 20228.127NONO
The th_read() function doesn’t free a variable t->th_buf.gnu_longname after allocating memory, which may cause a memory leak.
Aug 10, 20227.525NONO
The th_read() function doesn’t free a variable t->th_buf.gnu_longlink after allocating memory, which may cause a memory leak.
Aug 10, 20227.525NONO
Multiple integer overflows in the th_read function in lib/block.c in libtar before 1.2.20 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary
Oct 17, 20136.820NONO
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the (1) tar_extract_glob and (2) tar_extract_all functions in libtar 1.2.20 and earlier allow remote attackers to overwrite arbitrar
Feb 20, 20145.817NONO

Exploit Exposure

Signals from CVEs in this product scope (6 CVEs).

CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%

Social Chatter

Signals from CVEs in this product scope (6 CVEs).

Media Mentions

Signals from CVEs in this product scope (6 CVEs).

Top CNAs Publishing CVEs For Libtar

Top CWEs

Versions

VersionCVE CountAvg CVSSAvg EPSSKEVExploits
1.2.1915.83.3%00
1.2.1826.34.4%00
1.2.1726.34.4%00
1.2.1626.34.4%00
1.2.1526.34.4%00
1.2.1426.34.4%00
1.2.1326.34.4%00
1.2.1126.34.4%00