NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting gnome/libgsf package, versions [0,1.14.41)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GNOMELIBGSF-2365455
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed8 Dec 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Dec 2016

CVE-2016-9888  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade gnome/libgsf to version 1.14.41 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference. An error within the "tar_directory_for_file()" function (gsf-infile-tar.c) in GNOME Structured File Library before 1.14.41 can be exploited to trigger a Null pointer dereference and subsequently cause a crash via a crafted TAR file.

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