Known Vulnerabilities for Tar by Gnu

Listed below are 10 of the newest known vulnerabilities associated with "Tar" by "Gnu".

These CVEs are retrieved based on exact matches on listed software, hardware, and vendor information (CPE data) as well as a keyword search to ensure the newest vulnerabilities with no officially listed software information are still displayed.

Data on known vulnerable versions is also displayed based on information from known CPEs

Known Vulnerabilities

CVE Shortened Description Severity Publish Date Last Modified
CVE-2026-5704 json Not Provided 2026-04-06 2026-04-22
CVE-2022-48303 json GNU Tar through 1.34 has a one-byte out-of-bounds read that results in use of uninitialized memory for a conditional jump. Ex... 5.5 - MEDIUM 2023-01-30 2023-05-30
CVE-2021-20193 json A flaw was found in the src/list.c of tar 1.33 and earlier. This flaw allows an attacker who can submit a crafted input file ... 5.5 - MEDIUM 2021-03-26 2023-11-07
CVE-2019-9923 json pax_decode_header in sparse.c in GNU Tar before 1.32 had a NULL pointer dereference when parsing certain archives that have m... 7.5 - HIGH 2019-03-22 2023-11-07
CVE-2018-20482 json GNU Tar through 1.30, when --sparse is used, mishandles file shrinkage during read access, which allows local users to cause ... 4.7 - MEDIUM 2018-12-26 2021-11-30
CVE-2016-6321 json Directory traversal vulnerability in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar 1.14 through 1.29 might allow remote attackers... 7.5 - HIGH 2016-12-09 2023-02-13
CVE-2010-0624 json Heap-based buffer overflow in the rmt_read__ function in lib/rtapelib.c in the rmt client functionality in GNU tar before 1.2... 6.8 - MEDIUM 2010-03-15 2018-10-10
CVE-2007-4476 json Buffer overflow in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar has unspecified attack vectors and impact, resulting in a "crash... 7.5 - HIGH 2007-09-05 2021-05-17
CVE-2007-4131 json Directory traversal vulnerability in the contains_dot_dot function in src/names.c in GNU tar allows user-assisted remote atta... 6.8 - MEDIUM 2007-08-25 2018-10-15
CVE-2006-6097 json GNU tar 1.16 and 1.15.1, and possibly other versions, allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a tar f... 4 - MEDIUM 2006-11-24 2018-10-17
Results limited to 10 most recent vulnerabilities

Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
ApplicationGnuTar1.32
ApplicationGnuTar1.31
ApplicationGnuTar1.30
ApplicationGnuTar1.29
ApplicationGnuTar1.28
ApplicationGnuTar1.27.1
ApplicationGnuTar1.27
ApplicationGnuTar1.26
ApplicationGnuTar1.25
ApplicationGnuTar1.24
ApplicationGnuTar1.23
ApplicationGnuTar1.22
ApplicationGnuTar1.21
ApplicationGnuTar1.20
ApplicationGnuTar1.19
ApplicationGnuTar1.18
ApplicationGnuTar1.17
ApplicationGnuTar1.16.1
ApplicationGnuTar1.16
ApplicationGnuTar1.15.91
Results limited to 20 most recent known configurations
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