DEBIAN-CVE-2026-9538
- Source
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-9538
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-9538.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-9538
- Upstream
- Published
- 2026-05-26T02:16:41Z
- Modified
- 2026-09-01T16:07:07Z
- Severity
-
- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
Archive::Tar versions before 3.10 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via attacker controlled entry size field in tar header. _read_tar() reads each entry's payload with $handle->read($$data, $block), where $block is derived from the entry's 12-byte size field in the tar header with no upper bound on that value. A crafted header declaring a multi-gigabyte size causes Perl to allocate a scalar of that size.
- References
Affected packages
Debian:12 / perl
Package
- Name
- perl
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/perl?arch=source&distro=bookworm
Affected ranges
- Type
- ECOSYSTEM
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Affected versions
5.*
5.36.0-7
5.36.0-7+deb12u1
5.36.0-7+deb12u2
5.36.0-7+deb12u3
5.36.0-8
5.36.0-9
5.36.0-10
5.38.0~rc2-1
5.38.0-1
5.38.0-2
5.38.2-1
5.38.2-2
5.38.2-3
5.38.2-3.1
5.38.2-3.2
5.38.2-3.2+hurd.1
5.38.2-4
5.38.2-5
5.40.0~rc1-1
5.40.0-1
5.40.0-2
5.40.0-3
5.40.0-4
5.40.0-5
5.40.0-6
5.40.0-7
5.40.0-8
5.40.1-1
5.40.1-2
5.40.1-3
5.40.1-4
5.40.1-5
5.40.1-6
5.40.1-7
5.40.1-8
5.42.0-1
5.42.0-2
5.42.0-3
5.42.2-1
5.42.2-2
5.42.2-3
5.42.3-1
5.44.0-1
Debian:13 / perl
Package
- Name
- perl
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/perl?arch=source&distro=trixie
Affected ranges
- Type
- ECOSYSTEM
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Debian:14 / perl
Package
- Name
- perl
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/perl?arch=source&distro=forky
Affected ranges
- Type
- ECOSYSTEM
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affectedFixed5.42.3-1