CVE-2016-1901
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 3.8% (pctl 90)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
Integer overflow in the authenticate_post function in CGit before 0.12 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a large value in the Content-Length HTTP header, which triggers a buffer overflow.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 3.79% — more likely to be exploited than 90% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2016-01-20 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| cgit project | cgit |
| fedoraproject | fedora |
References
- http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?id=4458abf64172a62b92810c2293450106e6dfc763
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176167.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176198.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00067.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00084.html
- http://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/cgit/2016-January/002817.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3545
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/6
- http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?id=4458abf64172a62b92810c2293450106e6dfc763
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176167.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176198.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00067.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00084.html
- http://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/cgit/2016-January/002817.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3545
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/6
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