CVE-2012-4465
N/A
Published: October 10, 2012 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:45 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCgit
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the substr function in parsing.c in cgit 0.9.0.3 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an empty username in the "Author" field in a commit.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (7)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?id=7757d1b046ecb67b830151d20715c658867df1ecMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://hjemli.net/pipermail/cgit/2012-July/000652.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/50734Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/30/1Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/03/7Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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