{
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.0",
  "cveMetadata": {
    "cveId": "CVE-2022-2879"
  },
  "containers": {
    "cna": {
      "providerMetadata": {
        "orgId": "1bb62c36-49e3-4200-9d77-64a1400537cc"
      },
      "title": "Unbounded memory consumption when reading headers in archive/tar",
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "Reader.Read does not set a limit on the maximum size of file headers. A maliciously crafted archive could cause Read to allocate unbounded amounts of memory, potentially causing resource exhaustion or panics. After fix, Reader.Read limits the maximum size of header blocks to 1 MiB."
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "vendor": "Go standard library",
          "product": "archive/tar",
          "collectionURL": "https://pkg.go.dev",
          "packageName": "archive/tar",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "0",
              "lessThan": "1.18.7",
              "status": "affected",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "version": "1.19.0-0",
              "lessThan": "1.19.2",
              "status": "affected",
              "versionType": "semver"
            }
          ],
          "programRoutines": [
            {
              "name": "Reader.next"
            },
            {
              "name": "parsePAX"
            },
            {
              "name": "Writer.writePAXHeader"
            },
            {
              "name": "Reader.Next"
            },
            {
              "name": "Writer.WriteHeader"
            }
          ],
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
        }
      ],
      "problemTypes": [
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "lang": "en",
              "description": "CWE 400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "references": [
        {
          "url": "https://go.dev/issue/54853"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://go.dev/cl/439355"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/xtuG5faxtaU"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-1037"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-09"
        }
      ],
      "credits": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "Adam Korczynski (ADA Logics)"
        },
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "OSS-Fuzz"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}