HIGHCVSS 7.5

CVE-2019-9923

CVE-2019-9923 updated by NVD

Modified: 2026-10-16
Sources: nvd

Summary

pax_decode_header in sparse.c in GNU Tar before 1.32 had a NULL pointer dereference when parsing certain archives that have malformed extended headers.

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9923

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