CVE-2016-8568
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.38%
Description
The git_commit_message function in oid.c in libgit2 before 0.24.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a cat-file command with a crafted object file.
How to fix CVE-2016-8568
To remediate CVE-2016-8568, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/libgit2—upgrade to 0.24.3-r0 or later
- Debian/cargo—upgrade to 0.17.0-1 or later
- —upgrade to 0.24.5-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-8568 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 0.24.3-r0
- from 0, < 0.17.0-1
- from 0, < 0.24.5-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |