CVE-2018-15501
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 18, 2018 at 02:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:42 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxLIBGIT2
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (8)
x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=9406x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1104641x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/1f9a8510e1d2f20ed7334eeeddb92c4dd8e7c649x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v0.26.6x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v0.27.4Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00024.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00031.htmlx_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.pro-linux.de/sicherheit/2/44650/denial-of-service-in-libgit2.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125
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