CVE-2018-15501 (GCVE-0-2018-15501)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-08-18 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 09:54
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Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2018-08-17 00:00
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