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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-15501

DEBIAN-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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:14libgit20, 0, 0
Debian:12libgit20, 0, 0
Debian:13libgit20, 0, 0
Debian:11libgit20, 0, 0
libgit2libgit2

Timeline

  • Aug 18, 2018 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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