CVE-2022-48303EPSS p73.0%

CVE-2022-48303CVE-2022-48303

gnu / tar

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.

Scoring

CVSS 5.5 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS1.48% probability of exploitation · percentile 73.0% · 2026-10-05T12:00:23Z
Last modified2026-06-17
Sourced from NVD + FIRST.org EPSS. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.