CVE-2016-2315
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 17.3% (pctl 97)
Patch early
EPSS 17.3% — above the 10% action threshold.
Description
revision.c in git before 2.7.4 uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a (1) long filename or (2) many nested trees, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 17.31% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2016-04-08 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (8)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| git-scm | git |
| opensuse | leap |
| opensuse | opensuse |
| suse | linux enterprise debuginfo |
| suse | linux enterprise server |
| suse | linux enterprise software development kit |
| suse | openstack cloud |
| suse | suse linux enterprise server |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183147.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179121.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/180763.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00059.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00060.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00061.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00062.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00071.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00074.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00076.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00077.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00011.html
- http://pastebin.com/UX2P2jjg
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0496.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3521
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/15/5
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84355
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035290
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