CVE-2018-8099 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2018-8099 PUBLISHED

Incorrect returning of an error code in the index.c:read_entry() function leads to a double free in libgit2 before v0.26.2, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted repository index file.

EPSS 1.18% · 78.6th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

1.18%

78.6th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS	libgit2	0.19.0-2ubuntu0.4+esm1, 0.19.0-2ubuntu0.4, 0.19.0-2
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS	libgit2	0.26.0+dfsg.1-1.1ubuntu0.2, 0.26.0+dfsg.1-1.1ubuntu0.2+esm1, 0
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS	libgit2	0.24.1-2ubuntu0.2, 0.24.1-2ubuntu0.2+esm1, 0.24.1-2ubuntu0.2+esm2

Timeline

Mar 14, 2018 CVE Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-8099 third-party-advisory
https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/58a6fe94cb851f71214dbefac3f9bffee437d6fe third-party-advisory
https://libgit2.github.com/security/ third-party-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-8099 third-party-advisory

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