Security Advisory
CVE-2016-9888
5.5
MEDIUM
Vulnerability 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.
Published Date
December 8, 2016
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory