CVE-2016-9888: Gnome Libgsf

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An error within the "tar_directory_for_file()" function (gsf-infile-tar.c) in GNOME Structured File Library before 1.14.41 can be exploited to trigger a Null pointer dereference and subsequently cause a crash via a crafted TAR file.

Affected products

• Gnome Libgsf: up to and including 1.14.40

Published 2016-12-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.