FKIE_CVE-2013-4397
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2013-10-17 23:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:57
Severity
Summary
Multiple integer overflows in the th_read function in lib/block.c in libtar before 1.2.20 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long (1) name or (2) link in an archive, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
References
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