alpine-cve-2016-9888

CVSS 5.5 osv_alpine
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.

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Affected Products

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  "id": "ALPINE-CVE-2016-9888",
  "modified": "2026-09-22T06:30:46.175855064Z",
  "published": "2016-12-08T08:59:02.430Z",
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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