CVE-2012-4465 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the substr function of cgit versions 0.9.0.3 and earlier. This vulnerability allows remote authenticated users to trigger a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code by providing an empty username in the "Author" field of a commit. With a CVSS score of 6.5, this vulnerability is moderately severe, requiring authentication but having low attack complexity, and could lead to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.9.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.