CVE-2016-9888

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9888
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-9888.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-9888
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Published
2016-12-08T08:59:02.430Z
Modified
2026-05-17T11:54:14.141594126Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

An error within the "tardirectoryfor_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

Affected packages