UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9888

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9888
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9888.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9888
Upstream
Published
2016-12-08T08:59:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:45:59Z
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
  • Ubuntu - low
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

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / libgsf

Package

Name
libgsf
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libgsf@1.14.27-2ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.14.27-2ubuntu1
1.14.27-2ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.14.27-2ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-gsf-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.14.27-2ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "libgsf-1-114"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.14.27-2ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "libgsf-1-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.14.27-2ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "libgsf-1-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.14.27-2ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "libgsf-bin"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9888.json"

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libgsf

Package

Name
libgsf
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libgsf@1.14.36-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.14.34-1
1.14.34-2
1.14.35-1
1.14.36-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.14.36-1",
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-gsf-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.14.36-1",
            "binary_name": "libgsf-1-114"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.14.36-1",
            "binary_name": "libgsf-1-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.14.36-1",
            "binary_name": "libgsf-1-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.14.36-1",
            "binary_name": "libgsf-bin"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9888.json"