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CVE-2006-0300
Buffer overflow in tar 1.14 through 1.15.90 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly…
- 5.1MediumCVSS base score
- 5.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Buffer overflow in tar 1.14 through 1.15.90 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute code via unspecified vectors involving PAX extended headers.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 37 days later
· 37 days later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.2% · top 7.4% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References43
- 2006-0010 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
- FLSA:183571-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 1015705 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5978 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 18999 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 24966 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2006:005 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- TA07-072A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- OpenPKG-SA-2006.006 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENPKGx_transferred
- 18976 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-257-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 23371 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 19236 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2007-03-13 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- DSA-987 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0232 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 19093 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 543 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 480 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:046 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 19152 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [Bug-tar] 20060220 tar 1.15.90 released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 241646 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 18973 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- TA07-109A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 16764 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2518 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 19130 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5252 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9295 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20042 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5993 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2006-0684 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 19016 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2007-0930 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- gnu-tar-pax-headers-bo(24855) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2007-04-19 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- ADV-2007-1470 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6094 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 24479 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200603-06 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-0307 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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