{
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "id": "GHSA-7j73-f8pw-v3wq",
  "modified": "2025-04-12T13:06:58Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T03:21:36Z",
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-9888"
  ],
  "details": "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.",
  "severity": [
    {
      "type": "CVSS_V3",
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
    }
  ],
  "affected": [],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9888"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/GNOME/libgsf/commit/95a8351a75758cf10b3bf6abae0b6b461f90d9e5"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00016.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://secunia.com/advisories/71201"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://secunia.com/secunia_research/2016-17"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94860"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-476"
    ],
    "severity": "MODERATE",
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-12-08T08:59:00Z"
  }
}