CVE-2018-8099: Incorrect returning of an error code in the index.c:read_entry() function leads to a double free in libgit2 before v0.26.2, which allows an attacker to cause a…

PriorityP425medium6.5CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH

EPSS

1.39%

69.7th percentile

Incorrect returning of an error code in the index.c:read_entry() function leads to a double free in libgit2 before v0.26.2, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted repository index file.

Affected

7 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	debian_linux	—	—
debian	libgit2	< libgit2 0.27.0+dfsg.1-0.6 (bookworm)	libgit2 0.27.0+dfsg.1-0.6 (bookworm)
libgit2	libgit2	< 0.26.2	0.26.2
libgit2	libgit2	>= 0 < 0.27.0+dfsg.1-0.6	0.27.0+dfsg.1-0.6
libgit2	libgit2	>= 0 < 0.27.0+dfsg.1-0.6	0.27.0+dfsg.1-0.6
libgit2	libgit2	>= 0 < 0.27.0+dfsg.1-0.6	0.27.0+dfsg.1-0.6
libgit2	libgit2	>= 0 < 0.27.0+dfsg.1-0.6	0.27.0+dfsg.1-0.6

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.16.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

osv6.5MEDIUM

vendor_debian6.5LOW

vendor_redhat6.5MEDIUM

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