CVE-2016-9888

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-9888
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-12-08 08:59:02 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionAn error within the "tar_directory_for_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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 5.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 0.004820000 probability, percentile 0.652480000 (date 2026-05-10)

Problem Types: CWE-476 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary5.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnome Libgsf All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
tar: fix crash on broken tar file. · GNOME/libgsf@95a8351 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2183-1] libgsf security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
GNOME libgsf 'gsf-infile-tar.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 501039 Alpine Linux Security Update for libgsf
  • 671061 EulerOS Security Update for libgsf (EulerOS-SA-2019-2166)

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