CVE-2021-33644 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2021-33644

An attacker who submits a crafted tar file with size...

Vulnerability Description

An attacker who submits a crafted tar file with size in header struct being 0 may be able to trigger an calling of malloc(0) for a variable gnu_longname, causing an out-of-bounds read.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

libtar
Vulnerable Versions:
<1.2.21

Timeline

Official Publish: August 9th, 2022
Last Modified: November 3rd, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)