CVE-2021-33640 (GCVE-0-2021-33640)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-19 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-17 14:58
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Summary
After tar_close(), libtar.c releases the memory pointed to by pointer t. After tar_close() is called in the list() function, it continues to use pointer t: free_longlink_longname(t->th_buf) . As a result, the released memory is used (use-after-free).
Severity ?
6.2 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
openEuler openEuler 22.03 LTS Affected: libtar 1.2.20-21
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