### [CVE-2016-9888](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9888)
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### Description

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.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://github.com/GNOME/libgsf/commit/95a8351a75758cf10b3bf6abae0b6b461f90d9e5

#### Github
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