microtar Stack Buffer Overflow in mtar_write_file_header() and mtar_write_dir_header()

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-71267
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerTuranSec
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-08-05 13:24:50 UTC
Updated2026-08-10 12:17:29 UTC
Descriptionmicrotar's mtar_write_file_header and mtar_write_dir_header functions (src/microtar.c) copy a caller-supplied entry name into the 100-byte field of a stack-allocated mtar_header_t via strcpy(h.name, name), with no check that strlen(name) is less than 100 before the copy.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL from 309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c

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

EPSS: 0.003400000 probability, percentile 0.265970000 (date 2026-08-10)

Problem Types: CWE-121 | CWE-121 CWE-121

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2cSecondary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNADECLARED9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

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

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Rxi Microtar affected * custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
github.com/rxi/microtar 309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c github.com
github.com/rxi/microtar/blob/master/src/microtar.c 309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c github.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Alibek Baxtiyorov (en)

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