tar-split memory exhaustion

Also known as GHSA-hqwh-8xv9-42hw, GO-2025-3640

Published 9 y ago 2017-11-01 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

6.5

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

2.5%

percentile 84%

Public exploits

none known

Lack of content verification in Docker-CE (Also known as Moby) versions 1.12.6-0, 1.10.3, 17.03.0, 17.03.1, 17.03.2, 17.06.0, 17.06.1, 17.06.2, 17.09.0, and earlier allows a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service via a crafted image layer payload, aka gzip bombing.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.45% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	6.5	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`
NVD	2.0	4.3	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`
GitHub	3.0	6.5	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`

Affected packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
go	`github.com/vbatts/tar-split`	<0.10.2	0.10.2

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Technology feeds

Docker (RSS, critical only)

References

blog.cloudpassage.com /2017/10/13/discovering-docker-cve-2017-14992/ · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
github.com /moby/moby/issues/35075 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14992 · advisory
github.com /vbatts/tar-split/pull/42 · web
github.com /vbatts/tar-split · package
github.com /vbatts/tar-split/releases/tag/v0.10.2 · web
web.archive.org /web/20171119174639/https://blog.cloudpassage.com/2017/10/13/discovering-docker-cve-2017-1 · web
github.com /advisories/GHSA-hqwh-8xv9-42hw · advisory

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2017-14992
GitHub Advisory: GHSA-hqwh-8xv9-42hw
NVD: CVE-2017-14992
OSV: GO-2025-3640

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