Description
GNU Tar through 1.34 has a one-byte out-of-bounds read that results in use of uninitialized memory for a conditional jump. Exploitation to change the flow of control has not been demonstrated. The issue occurs in from_header in list.c via a V7 archive in which mtime has approximately 11 whitespace characters.
Published: 2023-01-30
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-51003 GNU Tar through 1.34 has a one-byte out-of-bounds read that results in use of uninitialized memory for a conditional jump. Exploitation to change the flow of control has not been demonstrated. The issue occurs in from_header in list.c via a V7 archive in which mtime has approximately 11 whitespace characters.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5900-1 tar vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5900-2 tar vulnerability
History

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 21:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Fedoraproject Fedora
Gnu Tar
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Eus
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-03-27T20:35:03.448Z

Reserved: 2023-01-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-48303

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T15:10:59.656Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-30T04:15:08.030

Modified: 2025-03-27T21:15:40.483

Link: CVE-2022-48303

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2022-04-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-48303 - Bugzilla

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