CVE-2021-33645 (GCVE-0-2021-33645)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-09 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-03 20:33
VLAI
Summary
The th_read() function doesn’t free a variable t->th_buf.gnu_longlink after allocating memory, which may cause a memory leak.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-401 - Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a libtar Affected: <1.2.21
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