CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-3546

7.5 HIGH Published 2008-08-07 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-08-07
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the (1) diff_addremove and (2) diff_change functions in GIT before 1.5.6.4 might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a PATH whose length is larger than the system's PATH_MAX when running GIT utilities such as git-diff or git-grep.

Affected configurations

• git git 1.5.5.3 • git git 1.5.5.4 • git git 1.5.6.1 • git git 1.5.6.2 • git git 1.5.6.3

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References