CVE-2022-48303

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-48303
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-01-30 04:15:08 UTC
Updated2026-10-14 19:16:56 UTC
DescriptionGNU Tar through 1.34 has a one-byte out-of-bounds read that results in use of uninitialized memory for a conditional jump. Exploitation to change the flow of control has not been demonstrated. The issue occurs in from_header in list.c via a V7 archive in which mtime has approximately 11 whitespace characters.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 0.014760000 probability, percentile 0.733240000 (date 2026-10-14)

Problem Types: CWE-125 | n/a | CWE-125 CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary5.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1ADPDECLARED5.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary5.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

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

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 37 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 38 All All All
Application Gnu Tar All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.0 V3.1.5 custom Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.0 V3.1.5 custom Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.0 V3.1.5 custom Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.0 V3.1.5 custom Not specified
ADP Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.0 V3.1.5 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
GNU tar - Patches: patch #10307, Fix savannah bug #62387 [Savannah] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 savannah.gnu.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e cert-portal.siemens.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: tar-1.34-8.fc38 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
GNU tar - Bugs: bug #62387, [SECURITY] Heap Buffer Overflow [Savannah] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 savannah.gnu.org Exploit, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: tar-1.34-6.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-806742.html 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e cert-portal.siemens.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: tar-1.34-6.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: tar-1.34-8.fc38 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 160470 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for tar (ELSA-2023-0842)
  • 160482 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for tar (ELSA-2023-0959)
  • 199199 Ubuntu Security Notification for tar Vulnerability (USN-5900-1)
  • 199357 Ubuntu Security Notification for tar Vulnerability (USN-5900-2)
  • 241201 Red Hat Update for tar (RHSA-2023:0842)
  • 241223 Red Hat Update for tar (RHSA-2023:0959)
  • 242153 Red Hat Update for tar (RHSA-2023:5610)
  • 283809 Fedora Security Update for tar (FEDORA-2023-123778d70d)
  • 284232 Fedora Security Update for tar (FEDORA-2023-f72d3caf36)
  • 296099 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 57.144.3 Missing (CPUAPR2023)
  • 354827 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for tar : ALAS2-2023-1994
  • 354839 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for tar : ALAS-2023-1704
  • 355070 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for tar : AL2012-2023-394
  • 355131 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for tar : ALAS2023-2023-153
  • 378121 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for tar (ALINUX3-SA-2023:0031)
  • 502673 Alpine Linux Security Update for tar
  • 502792 Alpine Linux Security Update for tar
  • 672996 EulerOS Security Update for tar (EulerOS-SA-2023-1856)
  • 673011 EulerOS Security Update for tar (EulerOS-SA-2023-1881)
  • 673039 EulerOS Security Update for tar (EulerOS-SA-2023-1964)
  • 673045 EulerOS Security Update for tar (EulerOS-SA-2023-1986)
  • 673068 EulerOS Security Update for tar (EulerOS-SA-2023-2198)
  • 673112 EulerOS Security Update for tar (EulerOS-SA-2023-2174)
  • 673130 EulerOS Security Update for tar (EulerOS-SA-2023-2279)
  • 673131 EulerOS Security Update for tar (EulerOS-SA-2023-2303)
  • 710865 Gentoo Linux GNU Tar Out of Bounds Read Vulnerability (GLSA 202402-12)
  • 753714 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for tar (SUSE-SU-2023:0441-1)
  • 753720 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for tar (SUSE-SU-2023:0463-1)
  • 940932 AlmaLinux Security Update for tar (ALSA-2023:0842)
  • 940950 AlmaLinux Security Update for tar (ALSA-2023:0959)
  • 960652 Rocky Linux Security Update for tar (RLSA-2023:0842)
  • 960906 Rocky Linux Security Update for tar (RLSA-2023:0959)

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