Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 30, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-48303
CVE-2022-48303
Description
GNU Tar through 1.34 has a one-byte out-of-bounds read that results in use of uninitialized memory for a conditional jump. Exploitation to change the flow of control has not been demonstrated. The issue occurs in from_header in list.c via a V7 archive in which mtime has approximately 11 whitespace characters.
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Affected products
17cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- GNU/GNU Tardescription
- osv-coords12 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/tarpkg:rpm/opensuse/tar&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/tar&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%20Micro%205.2pkg:rpm/opensuse/tar&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%20Micro%205.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/tar&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/tar&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.1pkg:rpm/suse/tar&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.2pkg:rpm/suse/tar&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.3pkg:rpm/suse/tar&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/tar&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/tar&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/tar&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5
< 2:1.30-6.el8_7.1+ 11 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2:1.30-6.el8_7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34-150000.3.31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34-150000.3.31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34-150000.3.31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34-10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34-150000.3.31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34-150000.3.31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34-150000.3.31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34-150000.3.31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34-150000.3.31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.27.1-15.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.27.1-15.18.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CRY7VEL4AIG3GLIEVCTOXRZNSVYDYYUD/nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X5VQYCO52Z7GAVCLRYUITN7KXHLRZQS4/nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
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