Buffer overflow in Lars Hjemli Cgit
CVE-2012-4465
Heap-based buffer overflow in the substr function in parsing.c in cgit 0.9.0.3 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an empty username in the "Author" field in a commit.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.034 (88.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 88.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.034 · newest: 0.034 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Lars Hjemli Cgit — versions 0.1, 0.2, 0.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/30/1 (mailing-list)
- git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/
- hjemli.net/pipermail/cgit/2012-July/000652.html (mailing-list)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
- secunia.com/advisories/50734 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/55724 (vdb-entry)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/03/7 (mailing-list)