CVE-2016-9888

MEDIUM 5.5CVE-2016-9888 · Published 08/12/2016 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-9888 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability affecting libgsf (gnome).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.3%, higher than 71.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
libgsf gnome	`≤ 1.14.40`	No fix yet

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.

References

securityfocus.com/bid/94860
GNOME/libgsf commit 95a8351 · Patch
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00016.html
secunia.com/advisories/71201 · Permissions Required
secunia.com/secunia_research/2016-17 · Permissions Required

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