Out-of-Bounds Affecting tar package, versions <1.23-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.75% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-TAR-18516592
  • published4 Aug 2026
  • disclosed15 Mar 2010

Introduced: 15 Mar 2010

CVE-2010-0624  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest tar to version 1.23-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tar package and not the tar package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

Heap-based buffer overflow in the rmt_read__ function in lib/rtapelib.c in the rmt client functionality in GNU tar before 1.23 and GNU cpio before 2.11 allows remote rmt servers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code by sending more data than was requested, related to archive filenames that contain a : (colon) character.

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