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A flaw was found in the src/list.c of tar 1.33 and earlier. This flaw allows an attacker who can submit a crafted input file to tar to cause uncontrolled consumption of memory. The highest threat fro…

Low CVSS 3.3
CVECVE-2021-20193
First seen2026-10-14 12:15 UTC
Disclosed2021-03-26 17:15 UTC
Last updated2026-10-14 12:15 UTC
Channel statusauto

Summary

A flaw was found in the src/list.c of tar 1.33 and earlier. This flaw allows an attacker who can submit a crafted input file to tar to cause uncontrolled consumption of memory. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

In-depth triage

No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).

Affected products

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Sources

  • NVD DATABASE

Original Links

Timeline

  1. nvd_ingest NVD