CVE-2013-4397
EPSS 4.3%libtar - Multiple integer overflows
Published: 10/17/2013Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/libtarfrom 0, < 1.2.20-1
- Debian/libtarfrom 0, < 1.2.11-6+deb6u1