CRITICAL 9.8 NVD
CVE-2026-71267
microtar's mtar_write_file_header() and mtar_write_dir_header() functions (src/microtar.c) copy a caller-supplied entry name into the 100-byte `name` field of a
microtar's mtar_write_file_header() and mtar_write_dir_header() functions (src/microtar.c) copy a caller-supplied entry name into the 100-byte `name` field of a stack-allocated mtar_header_t via strcpy(h.name, name), with no check that strlen(name) is less than 100 before the copy. Any application that calls these functions with an externally-influenced filename longer than 99 characters (e.g. when archiving user-supplied or attacker-controlled filenames) triggers a stack buffer overflow.
References
This critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8 was published on 2026-08-05 via NVD.
Risk Timeline
CVE Disclosed2026-08-05 · -1 days ago
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