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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2022-48303

GNU Tar through 1.34 has a one-byte out-of-bounds read that results in use of uninitialized memory for a conditional jump.

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.48%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.48%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 3.1
5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
1.48% probability · 72th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-125
Affected
gnu/tar · fedoraproject/fedora
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.