CVE-2018-15501
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 4.3%
Description
In ng_pkt in transports/smart_pkt.c in libgit2 before 0.26.6 and 0.27.x before 0.27.4, a remote attacker can send a crafted smart-protocol "ng" packet that lacks a '\0' byte to trigger an out-of-bounds read that leads to DoS.
How to fix CVE-2018-15501
To remediate CVE-2018-15501, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/libgit2—upgrade to 0.27.4-r0 or later
Is CVE-2018-15501 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 4.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 0.27.0, < 0.27.4-r0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |