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CVE-2026-55738 Stack Buffer Overflow in rxi/microtar raw_to_header() via non-null-terminated TAR name field

🗓️ 17 Jun 2026 13:45:00Reported by TuranSecType 
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Stack overflow in microtar raw_to_header using strcpy on tar header fields, allowing crash or code execution.

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[
  {
    "vendor": "rxi",
    "product": "microtar",
    "collectionURL": "https://github.com/rxi/microtar",
    "repo": "https://github.com/rxi/microtar",
    "programFiles": [
      "src/microtar.c"
    ],
    "programRoutines": [
      {
        "name": "raw_to_header"
      }
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0.1.0",
        "versionType": "semver"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "affected"
  }
]

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