CVE-2013-4397
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 5.5%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 5.5% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-4276)
- Published
- October 17, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-4276 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- feep / libtar
- feep / libtar
- feep / libtar
- feep / libtar
- feep / libtar
- feep / libtar
- feep / libtar
- feep / libtar
- redhat / enterprise linux
References
- http://repo.or.cz/w/libtar.git/commitdiff/45448e8bae671c2f7e80b860ae0fc0cedf2bdc04(Exploit, Patch)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1418.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55188(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55253(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2817
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/10/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/10/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62922
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029166
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040106
- https://lists.feep.net:8080/pipermail/libtar/2013-October/000361.html
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-01-01
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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