Description
A flaw was found in libarchive. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to trigger a heap overflow by providing a specially crafted tar archive. The issue occurs during the parsing of a PAX extended header containing a malformed SUN.holesdata sparse-file attribute. Successful exploitation could lead to a denial of service, making the system unavailable, or potentially allow for arbitrary code execution, giving the attacker control over the affected system.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:LWeakness enumeration
Affected software
Source: the vendor's advisory (CNA). NVD analysis pending.
No affected versions have been published.
Timeline
- Published
- Jul 10, 2026
- Last modified
- Oct 9, 2026
- NVD status
- Awaiting Analysis