Medium severity · published Jul 10, 2018
CVE-2018-10888
A flaw was found in libgit2 before version 0.27.3
6.5
CVSS
1.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in libgit2 before version 0.27.3. A missing check in git_delta_apply function in delta.c file, may lead to an out-of-bound read while reading a binary delta file. An attacker may use this flaw to cause a Denial of Service.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.8% · higher than 79% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
LI
Libgit2 · Libgit2
before 0.27.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10888
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10888
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1598024
Patch
https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/9844d38bed10e9ff17174434b3421b227ae710f3
Patch
https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v0.27.3
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00024.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00031.html
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