CVE-2022-23521 is a critical integer overflow vulnerability affecting Git, specifically when parsing crafted .gitattributes files. This flaw can lead to arbitrary heap reads and writes, potentially resulting in remote code execution. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it is highly severe, requiring no user interaction and having low attack complexity, making it easily exploitable over a network. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community attention and media coverage, indicating a high potential for future exploitation. Users are strongly advised to upgrade to patched Git versions (v2.30.7 and newer) immediately as no workarounds exist.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.30.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.31.0, <= 2.31.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.32.0, <= 2.32.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.33.0, <= 2.33.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.34.0, <= 2.34.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.