Libgit2
CVE-2018-10888
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Input validation, allowlisting
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| Impact | CVSS score of 6.5 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | This vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network. Successful exploitation could compromise the medium-severity affected system. |
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A flaw was found in libgit2 before version 0.27.3. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.
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A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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This vulnerability is classified under CWE-20. A flaw was found in libgit2 before version 0.27.3. A missing check in git_delta_apply function in delta.c file, may lead to an out-of-bound read while reading a binary delta file. An attacker may use this flaw to cause a Denial of Service. Affected products include: Libgit2, Debian Debian Linux. Version information: version 0.27.3..
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
A flaw was found in libgit2 before version 0.27.3. A missing check in git_delta_apply function in delta.c file, may lead to an out-of-bound read while reading a binary delta file. An attacker may use this flaw to cause a Denial of Service.
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Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
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 craf
Buffer overflow in the git_pkt_parse_line function in transports/smart_pkt.c in the Git Smart Protocol support in libgit
An issue was discovered in libgit2 before 0.28.4 and 0.9x before 0.99.0. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulner
An issue was discovered in libgit2 before 0.28.4 and 0.9x before 0.99.0. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulner
The Git Smart Protocol support in libgit2 before 0.24.6 and 0.25.x before 0.25.1 allows remote attackers to cause a deni
A flaw was found in libgit2 before version 0.27.3. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploi
Incorrect returning of an error code in the index.c:read_entry() function leads to a double free in libgit2 before v0.26
Integer overflow in the index.c:read_entry() function while decompressing a compressed prefix length in libgit2 before v
The http_connect function in transports/http.c in libgit2 before 0.24.6 and 0.25.x before 0.25.1 might allow man-in-the-
libgit2 is a cross-platform, linkable library implementation of Git. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerabilit
The git_oid_nfmt function in commit.c in libgit2 before 0.24.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NUL
The git_commit_message function in oid.c in libgit2 before 0.24.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (
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