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CVE-2018-8098
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-03-14T00:29:00.593 · Last modified 2026-06-17T02:04:15.323

Summary

Integer overflow in the index.c:read_entry() function while decompressing a compressed prefix length in libgit2 before v0.26.2 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted repository index file.

Affected products

libgit2 — libgit2

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References

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