6.2

CVE-2023-39804: gnu tar

CVSS: 6.2v3.1MediumModified
AliasesSUSE-SU-2024:0070-1SUSE-SU-2024:0070-2SUSE-SU-2024:0071-1
Published 27-03-2024Last modified 04-11-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-39804 is a medium (CVSS 6.2) vulnerability in gnu tar. EPSS estimates a 0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
25/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.2/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.28%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 27-03-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In GNU tar before 1.35, mishandled extension attributes in a PAX archive can lead to an application crash in xheader.c.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.28%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

19%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.28% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.28%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Suse9 products
  • tar&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1< 1.34-150000.3.34.1
  • tar&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2< 1.34-150000.3.34.1
  • tar&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3< 1.34-150000.3.34.1
  • tar&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4< 1.34-150000.3.34.1
  • tar&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5< 1.34-150000.3.34.1
Opensuse5 products
  • tar&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.4< 1.34-150000.3.34.1
  • tar&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.5< 1.34-150000.3.34.1
  • tar&distro=openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3< 1.34-150000.3.34.1
  • tar&distro=openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4< 1.34-150000.3.34.1
  • tar&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 1.35-2.1
Debian1 product
  • tar< 1.34+dfsg-1.2+deb12u1 | < 1.34+dfsg-1.3 | < 1.30+dfsg-6+deb10u1
Gnu1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • tar< 1.27.1-1ubuntu0.1+esm4 | < 1.28-2.1ubuntu0.2+esm3 | < 1.29b-2ubuntu0.4+esm1 | < 1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.04.4 | < 1.34+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1.22.04.2

5 vendors · 17 products

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