THREAT OPS › Threat News › [NVD] CVE-2026-55738 (HIGH 8.8) — A stack-based buffer overflow exists in the raw_to_header function in src/microtar.c in rxi microtar 0.1.0. The function copies the 100-byte name and linkname fields of a TAR header with strcpy without guaranteeing null termination of the source.
[NVD] CVE-2026-55738 (HIGH 8.8) — A stack-based buffer overflow exists in the raw_to_header function in src/microtar.c in rxi microtar 0.1.0. The function copies the 100-byte name and linkname fields of a TAR header with strcpy without guaranteeing null termination of the source.
CVE-2026-55738 CVSS: 8.8 HIGH Published: 2026-06-17T14:18:00.057
A stack-based buffer overflow exists in the raw_to_header function in src/microtar.c in rxi microtar 0.1.0. The function copies the 100-byte name and linkname fields of a TAR header with strcpy without guaranteeing null termination of the source.
Indicators of compromise
- CVE-2026-55738cve
Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55738