1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/tarfile.py b/Lib/tarfile.py
index adf91d5..574a6bb 100644
--- a/Lib/tarfile.py
+++ b/Lib/tarfile.py
@@ -1400,6 +1400,8 @@ class TarInfo(object):
 
             length, keyword = match.groups()
             length = int(length)
+            if length == 0:
+                raise InvalidHeaderError("invalid header")
             value = buf[match.end(2) + 1:match.start(1) + length - 1]
 
             keyword = keyword.decode("utf8")