CVE-2012-4465 (GCVE-0-2012-4465)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-10-10 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:35
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
Date Public
2012-04-23 00:00
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