CVE-2026-43623CWE-121

microtar 0.1.0 Stack-Based Buffer Overflow via raw_to_header()

High · published June 1, 2026

CVSS v4.0
8.7
EPSS
1%
Percentile
46.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

microtar through 0.1.0 contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the raw_to_header() function in src/microtar.c that allows attackers to corrupt adjacent stack memory by supplying a crafted TAR archive with non-null-terminated name or linkname fields. The function uses strcpy() to copy 100-byte ustar format fields that lack null terminators, causing writes of up to 355 bytes into a 100-byte destination buffer when mtar_open(), mtar_find(), or mtar_read_header() process attacker-supplied TAR archives.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
8.7 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00572 · 46.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-121 · Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Published
2026-06-01T18:04Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 JUN 18:04Z
    microtar 0.1.0 Stack-Based Buffer Overflow via raw_to_header()
    cvelistv5