Buffer overflow in Git-Scm Git
CVE-2010-2542
Stack-based buffer overflow in the is_git_directory function in setup.c in Git before 1.7.2.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a long gitdir: field in a .git file in a working copy.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.025 (84.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 84.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.025 · newest: 0.025 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/43457 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/22/4 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/RelNotes-1.7.2.1.txt (Broken Link)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00004.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/22/1 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0464 (Permissions Required, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/41891 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry)
- git.kernel.org/