CVE-2007-4476
HighPublished
Buffer overflow in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar has unspecified attack vectors and impact, resulting in a "crashing stack."
- Published
- Sep 5, 2007
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Evidence observed
- Nov 14, 2007
Primary CVSS
7.5/ 10High
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P14.9%
Moderate · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 96.6%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
Buffer overflow in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar has unspecified attack vectors and impact, resulting in a "crashing stack."
Sources
1Dmitry V. Levin · linux · Nov 14, 2007
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