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Vulnerability record · CVE-2007-4476 · published 5 September 2007

CVE-2007-4476: Gnu tar memory buffer overflow vulnerability

Gnu · Tar

Buffer overflow in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar has unspecified attack vectors and impact, resulting in a "crashing stack."

7.5 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 15% · top 3.4% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
7.5CVSS 2.0 base score
15%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
3Affected product versions listed by NVD
74References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar has unspecified attack vectors and impact, resulting in a "crashing stack."

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

3 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196978 Third Party Advisory
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10691 Third Party Advisory
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26674 PatchThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26987 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27331 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27453 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27514 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27681 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27857 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28255 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29968 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32051 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33567 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39008 Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-18.xml Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021680.1-1 Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1438 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1566 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:197 Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:233 Broken Link
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.html Broken Link
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_19_sr.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0141.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0144.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26445 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-650-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-709-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0628 Permissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0629 Permissions Required
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=280961 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1861 Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7114 Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8599 Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9336 Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00073.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00370.html Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196978 Third Party Advisory
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10691 Third Party Advisory
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 Third Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2007-4476), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.