{"id":"CVE-2026-54417","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-54417","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T00:27:48.126Z","title":"An integer overflow in the mtar_next function in src/microtar.c in rxi microtar 0.1.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (uncontrolled CPU consumption / infinite loop) via a crafted tar archive. mtar_next computes the offset to the…","description":"An integer overflow in the mtar_next function in src/microtar.c in rxi microtar 0.1.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (uncontrolled CPU consumption / infinite loop) via a crafted tar archive. mtar_next computes the offset to the next record as round_up(h.size, 512) + sizeof(mtar_raw_header_t) using 32-bit arithmetic.","published":"2026-06-17T14:17:59.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-26T11:10:00.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":8.7,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/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/M"},"cwe":["CWE-190","CWE-835"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00417,"percentile":0.35811,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.42%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/rxi/microtar","source":"309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c"},{"url":"https://github.com/rxi/microtar/blob/master/src/microtar.c#L239","source":"309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c"},{"url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rxi/microtar/master/src/microtar.c","source":"309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54417","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}