CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-8099
6.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-03-14
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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-415
Description
Incorrect returning of an error code in the index.c:read_entry() function leads to a double free in libgit2 before v0.26.2, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted repository index file.
Affected configurations
• libgit2 libgit2 (< 0.26.2)
• debian debian linux 9.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-415 Double Free weakness
References
- https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/58a6fe94cb851f71214dbefac3f9bffee437d6fe Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://libgit2.github.com/security/ Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00031.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/58a6fe94cb851f71214dbefac3f9bffee437d6fe Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://libgit2.github.com/security/ Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00031.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory