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CVE-2012-4465

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-119 Buffer Errors
Publication date:
10/10/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the substr function in parsing.c in cgit 0.9.0.3 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an empty username in the "Author" field in a commit.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.50 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
6.50
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0.9.0.3 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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