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CVE-2016-1901

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1901 is a critical integer overflow vulnerability in the authenticate_post function of CGit before version 0.12, affecting various CGit and Fedora products. Attackers can exploit this remotely by sending a large Content-Length HTTP header, leading to a buffer overflow with potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its CVSS score of 9.8, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 0.11.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cgit_project:cgit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0379 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

git.zx2c4.com / cgit/commit
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176167.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176198.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00067.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00084.html
lists.zx2c4.com / pipermail/cgit/2016-January/002817.html
Patch
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3545
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/3
Exploit
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/6
Patch