VDB
CVE-2008-3546
CVE-2008-3546
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
Stack-based buffer overflow in the (1) diff_addremove and (2) diff_change functions in GIT before 1.5.6.4 might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a PATH whose length is larger than the system's PATH_MAX when running GIT utilities such as git-diff or git-grep.
EPSS 4.30% · 91.1th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
7.5
EPSS Score
4.30%
91.1th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
| git | git | 1.5.5.3, 1.5.5.4, 1.5.6.2 |
Timeline
- Aug 7, 2008 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 11, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 28, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 20, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 11, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- 20080812 rPSA-2008-0253-1 git gitweb mailing-list
- 32029 third-party-advisory
- 33964 third-party-advisory
- 31347 third-party-advisory
- DSA-1637 vendor-advisory
- [git] 20080716 [PATCH] Fix buffer overflow in git diff mailing-list
- 30549 vdb
- ADV-2008-2306 vdb
- USN-723-1 vendor-advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/RelNotes-1.5.6.4.txt url
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0253 url
- git-multiple-bo(44217) vdb
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2707 url
- GLSA-200809-16 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2008-9080 vendor-advisory
- 32384 third-party-advisory
- 1020627 vdb
- 31780 third-party-advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3546 advisory