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CVE-2008-3546

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-119 Buffer Errors
Publication date:
07/08/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the (1) diff_addremove and (2) diff_change functions in GIT before 1.5.6.4 might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a PATH whose length is larger than the system's PATH_MAX when running GIT utilities such as git-diff or git-grep.

Impact

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

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
7.50
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:parduslinux:2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:parduslinux:2008:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.5.3:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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