VDB
CVE-2018-15501
CVE-2018-15501
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
In ng_pkt in transports/smart_pkt.c in libgit2 before 0.26.6 and 0.27.x before 0.27.4, a remote attacker can send a crafted smart-protocol "ng" packet that lacks a '\0' byte to trigger an out-of-bounds read that leads to DoS.
EPSS 4.37% · 90.9th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
4.37%
90.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | libgit2 | 0, 0.25.1+really0.24.6-1, 0.26.0+dfsg.1-1.1 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | libgit2 | 0.24.1-2, 0.23.1-1, 0.24.1-2ubuntu0.2 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS | libgit2 | 0.19.0-2, 0.19.0-2ubuntu0.4, 0.19.0-2ubuntu0.4+esm1 |
Timeline
- Aug 18, 2018 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 28, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 3, 2022 EPSS Score
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- Nov 8, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 14, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-15501 third-party-advisory
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=9406 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/1f9a8510e1d2f20ed7334eeeddb92c4dd8e7c649 third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1104641 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v0.26.6 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v0.27.4 third-party-advisory
- https://www.pro-linux.de/sicherheit/2/44650/denial-of-service-in-libgit2.html third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-15501 third-party-advisory