CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-8569

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2017-02-03 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2017-02-03
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-476

Description

The git_oid_nfmt function in commit.c in libgit2 before 0.24.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a cat-file command with a crafted object file.

Affected configurations

• libgit2 project libgit2 (<= 0.24.2) • fedoraproject fedora 23 • fedoraproject fedora 24 • fedoraproject fedora 25 • opensuse leap 42.1 • opensuse leap 42.2 • opensuse opensuse 13.2 • suse linux enterprise 12.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness

References