Vulnerability Database

300,830

Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2019-9923

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.

  • Published: Mar 22, 2019
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2019-9923
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.5
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
gnu / tar - 1.32
opensuse / leap 15.0 15.0.x