CVE-2018-15501 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability affecting libgit2 versions before 0.26.6 and 0.27.x before 0.27.4, including Debian distributions. A remote attacker can trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) by sending a specially crafted smart-protocol "ng" packet lacking a null terminator. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 0.26.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libgit2:libgit2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 0.27.0, < 0.27.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libgit2:libgit2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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