CVE-2018-8099 is a double free vulnerability in libgit2 before v0.26.2, affecting products like Debian Linux and libgit2 itself. An attacker can trigger a denial of service by providing a specially crafted repository index file. Rated Medium (CVSS 6.5), it requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L) and can be exploited over the network (AV:N). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.26.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libgit2:libgit2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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