HIGH
rxi
CVE published 2026-06-17
CVE-2026-55738
A high-severity stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the microtar library, specifically in the raw_to_header() function. This function improperly handles the copying of 100-byte name and linkname fields from a TAR header, leading to potential out-of-bounds reads and writes. A remote attacker can exploit this by supplying a crafted TAR archive, potentially leading to denial of service or arb [truncated]