Vulnerability in Mercurial
CVE-2016-3630
The binary delta decoder in Mercurial before 3.7.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a (1) clone, (2) push, or (3) pull command, related to (a) a list sizing rounding error and (b) short records.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.049 (91.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 91.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.049 · newest: 0.049 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mercurial
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 22, 23
- openSUSE Leap — versions 42.1
- openSUSE — versions 13.2
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo — versions 11
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit — versions 11, 12
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181505.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-19 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3542 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- selenic.com/repo/hg-stable/rev/b9714d958e89 (Third Party Advisory)
- selenic.com/repo/hg-stable/rev/b6ed2505d6cf (Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00018.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
- www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WhatsNew (Vendor Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html (Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00017.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00016.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-3630?
- CVE-2016-3630 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mercurial, classified under CWE-19. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-04-13.
- How severe is CVE-2016-3630?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.