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CVE-2022-2879

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CVE-2022-2879

Published: Oct 14, 2022

Modified: Feb 13, 2025

PUBLISHED

Description

Reader.Read does not set a limit on the maximum size of file headers. A maliciously crafted archive could cause Read to allocate unbounded amounts of memory, potentially causing resource exhaustion or panics. After fix, Reader.Read limits the maximum size of header blocks to 1 MiB.

VendorProductVersions

Go standard library

archive/tar

affected
0 - < 1.18.7
affected
1.19.0-0 - < 1.19.2

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