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CVE-2018-15501
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-08-18T02:29:01.713 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:42:39.383

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.

Affected products

debian — debian_linux

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References

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