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.
EPSS: 0.052 (90.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
Affected products
- Mercurial
- Debian 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
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- FEDORA-2016-79604dde9f (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
- GLSA-201612-19 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- DSA-3542 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1016 (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, x_refsource_SUSE, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- SUSE-SU-2016:1011 (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, x_refsource_SUSE, Vendor Advisory)
- SUSE-SU-2016:1010 (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, x_refsource_SUSE, 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.