CVE-2016-9888

medium

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.

References

https://secunia.com/secunia_research/2016-17/

https://secunia.com/advisories/71201/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00016.html

https://github.com/GNOME/libgsf/commit/95a8351a75758cf10b3bf6abae0b6b461f90d9e5

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94860

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-12-08

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H