CVE-2016-10129 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting libgit2 versions prior to 0.24.6 and 0.25.x before 0.25.1. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a NULL pointer dereference by sending an empty packet line during Git Smart Protocol communication. Rated 7.5 High on CVSSv3, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, leading to a complete loss of availability for affected systems. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.24.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libgit2_project:libgit2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.25.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libgit2_project:libgit2:0.25.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.25.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libgit2_project:libgit2:0.25.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.25.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libgit2_project:libgit2:0.25.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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