Out-of-bounds Read in Feep Libtar

CVE-2021-33643

An attacker who submits a crafted tar file with size in header struct being 0 may be able to trigger an calling of malloc(0) for a variable gnu_longlink, causing an out-of-bounds read.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.013 (68.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-33643?
CVE-2021-33643 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Feep Libtar, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2022-08-10.
How severe is CVE-2021-33643?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-33643 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.