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CVE-2016-9888

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-12-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

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.

Affected products

• GNOME Project G Structured File Library (libgsf): through 1.14.40

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94860
• https://github.com/GNOME/libgsf/commit/95a8351a75758cf10b3bf6abae0b6b461f90d9e5
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00016.html
• https://secunia.com/advisories/71201/
• https://secunia.com/secunia_research/2016-17/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94860
• https://github.com/GNOME/libgsf/commit/95a8351a75758cf10b3bf6abae0b6b461f90d9e5
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00016.html
• https://secunia.com/advisories/71201/
• https://secunia.com/secunia_research/2016-17/

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