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GHSA-w2rr-v7j3-2w2r
GHSA-w2rr-v7j3-2w2r
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 14, 2022
revision.c in git before 2.7.4 uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a (1) long filename or (2) many nested trees, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
9.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Timeline
- May 14, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory (3 in total, the first dated here)
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch (2 in total, the first dated here)
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References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2315 advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00059.html url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00071.html url
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0496.html url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84355 url
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035290 url
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.7.4.txt url
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183147.html url
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/180763.html url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00060.html url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00061.html url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00062.html url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00074.html url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00076.html url
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/15/5 url
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html url
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html url
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179121.html url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00077.html url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00011.html url
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