CVE-2021-20193

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20193
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-20193.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-20193
Downstream
Related
Published
2021-03-26T17:15:12.843Z
Modified
2025-11-25T11:32:10.513448Z
Severity
  • 3.3 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

A flaw was found in the src/list.c of tar 1.33 and earlier. This flaw allows an attacker who can submit a crafted input file to tar to cause uncontrolled consumption of memory. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

References

Affected packages

Git / cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
d9d4435692150fa8ff68e1b1a473d187cc3fd777

Git / git.savannah.gnu.org/git/tar.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/tar.git
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected